Re: [NSW] Olympic TT - Day 2

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:NBDw5.51720
> "Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> On the Sydney trams good loadings were experienced. Started my shift at
> 18:30, there were plenty of passengers travelling from stops on the Westex
> to Pyrmont Bay but by 20:00 things were very quiet.
>
> Everything came alive when the crowds started to head home.  A new
> experience leaving Star City on the Down, as opposed to the Up, with a
crush
> load.  Six trams in service at 01:00 when things came apart.  I left
Central
> Station about 01:10.  The two following trams both had to be withdrawn
from
> service due to "protein spills" and returned to the depot for cleaning,
this
> through the headway into disaray.  When I knocked-off at 02:30, the four
> trams in service were still running to Lilyfield.


They took a tram out of service just for that? Thank Christ they don't do
that for the trains.