Re: Tramway nostalgia - Melbourne Age article

[Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>]

David McLoughlin wrote:
> 

> 
> It was wrong though in saying it was 1041 that disgraced itself on its
> first run by breaking down. Ha. I was on 1041's first run, which was on
> a Sunday in 1973, on route 88. It ran fine all day and I still have
> dozens of photos to prove it.
> 
> It was Z1 no 5 (or one or more of its fellows) which broke down
> ignominously on its first public run, two years later in 1975, carrying
> state members of Parliament from Preston Workshops to Parliament. Very
> embarrassing, especially after it was publicised in advance as the first
> time in memory parliamentarians had taken a tram to work.
> 
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand

No 5 was the one and only ZC class tram.  Was this anything to do with why it
was used to carry pollies, or indeed the reason it broke down?  I understand it
was re-converted many years ago a standard Z1.