Re: Preserving Modern tramcars
Bill Bolton
Sunday, December 29, 2002 10:04 PM
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 08:45:29 +1100, Kevin wrote:
Perhaps for a truly mass produced items like an automobile, but for
small run items such as trams, particular fleet numbers can have very
great significance for a variety of reasons.
The way in which cars are being restored now a days has tended to move
somewhat beyond the "Bruce and Bluey working in the shed for the last
10 years to get car xxx back in working order". The skill sets
available to many museum groups are fairly wide and come from a
variety of sources, not just the "membership".
Some tram museum groups have been much more successful than others in
utilising the resources available in their communities. The ability
to marshall community resources is seems to me to becoming a crucial
component of successful electric tramcar preservation in Australia.
Presumably in the way that many PCC cars have been preserved around
the world. Complex control systems with specialised parts have been
around for long time.
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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what is on the number plate is almost irrelevant.
Perhaps for a truly mass produced items like an automobile, but for
small run items such as trams, particular fleet numbers can have very
great significance for a variety of reasons.
The restoration of these steel cars requires different skills to
those existing in the volunteer workforce.
The way in which cars are being restored now a days has tended to move
somewhat beyond the "Bruce and Bluey working in the shed for the last
10 years to get car xxx back in working order". The skill sets
available to many museum groups are fairly wide and come from a
variety of sources, not just the "membership".
Some tram museum groups have been much more successful than others in
utilising the resources available in their communities. The ability
to marshall community resources is seems to me to becoming a crucial
component of successful electric tramcar preservation in Australia.
Looking at these modern Citadii & Combini, I am forced to wonder
"How in the hell is somebody in the future going to preserve one of
those XX##** things".
Presumably in the way that many PCC cars have been preserved around
the world. Complex control systems with specialised parts have been
around for long time.
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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