Re: [Melb] W Class Trams

["David Lindstrom" <D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com>]

"David McLoughlin" <davemclNOSPAM@iprolink.co.nz> wrote in
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> 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

May I ask why you call them artic trams?
David Lindstrom