Re: [Melb] W Class Trams

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

I'm wondering why the 50 in the "ready reserve" haven't been brought out for
City Circle service. Though come to think of it, they wouldn't have the
mirrors etc necessary for single person operation.


Daniel
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"James Brook" <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> I would like to see some W class trams retained in the green and gold
> livery on some of the short routes. I think the Nat Trust have gone a
> bit overboard though. Is there really any point to keeping them locked
> away rusting? This way no one can see them and they are just taking up
> space which could be used for something else.
>
> David McLoughlin wrote:
> >
> > David Lindstrom wrote:
> >
> > > My understanding is though, that the state government regards
> > > them as Melbourne icon and does require that they continue to
> > > run.
> >
> > More than the state government. The much more powerful National Trust
> > demands their retention. That is why a couple of hundred of them are
> > stored, rotting away, in various sites around Melbourne; none are
> > allowed to be disposed of, even though cities and organisations overseas
> > would happily buy them.
> >
> > The Malvern and Southbank Ws will return.  But what I think should
> > happen is that once the new artic trams enter service, they should
> > replace all the Ws apart from the City Circle line ones before they
> > replace any Zs, and they should only start replacing Zs once there is a
> > sufficient buffer of operational trams to allow for breakdowns and route
> > extensions.
> >
> > In other words, no Zs to be replaced until a new order after the orders
> > placed by the two companies for 99 new trams.
> >
> > David McLoughlin
> > Auckland New Zealand
>
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