Re: [Vic] M>Tram Launch (Full Report & Photos)

[Malcolm Miles <mgm-ns@tardis.net>]

"Mike Alexander" <malex @ bigfoot com> wrote:

>It was called Marigold. And unless I'm mistaken, Marigolds are yellow (or
>gold even).

Marigold was the original colour of the Z1/Z2 trams. The Z3s were
painted Deep Yellow.

>This was the second yellowish livery. I don't think the Z3s were ever
>painted in the original "orange". But I do seems to recall at least one Z1
>was painted in the yellow/light orange/marigold colour at one stage.

According to Destination City: "A small number of Z1 class trams were
repainted in the Z3 colours between 1981 and 1983".

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Best wishes,
Malcolm