Re: Tramway nostalgia - Melbourne Age article

["John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au>]

No, I waited for those trams outside parliament house, and it was only 1,2
and 3 that ran the politicians back from the Preston Workshops to parliament
house. Leyland national bus 800 took them to the workshops. I have all the
action at the Parliament House end on analogue (super 8) movies. Scrubber No
8 was sent ahead to clean the track.

1041 was banished from that day, and only made a couple of other appearances
in Melbourne.

No. 5 made its appearance at a later date, running a shuttle service from
Flinders & Market Street to  Simpson Street Siding, East Melbourne, with
Swedish flags flying from the roof,

Cheers
John Wayman

"David McLoughlin" <davemclNOSPAM@iprolink.co.nz> wrote in message
news:39A969E4.398B@iprolink.co.nz...
> Chris Brownbill wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> The pollies were carried on several Z class trams the first day Zs were
> introduced, back in 1975. They were all very low-number trams and I
> think 5 was one of them.
>
> The conversion of 5 to chopper control was in 1977 and the reconversion
> to standard gear was in 1983.
>
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand