Re: Official launch in Bendigo of restored Sydney tram R 1808

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

426 was an SW2 in more recent times.

I remember the spur gears, but I don't remember it being equipped with BTH
motors.

That tram was so noisy that a conductor had to wait until the driver had cut
off before being able to converse with passengers!

Cheers
John Wayman
"David McLoughlin" <davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz> wrote in
message 3a4e9ac3@news.iprolink.co.nz">news:3a4e9ac3@news.iprolink.co.nz...
> Forster Family Inc wrote:
> >
>
> >         Tongue in cheek but do you remember the good old days in
Melbourne
> > when those noisy W2s with spur gears used to ply the tracks?
> >         509,513,249,329,426,601,608 & 451 spring to mind.
> >         Ah! those were the days!
>
>
> And I'm glad they're over. Those W2s were the utter pits.
>
> I will be happy when the few remaining later Ws return, though.
>
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand