Re: Sydney Tram to run in Melbourne

["David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au>]

"Greg Sutherland" <suthergf@premiers.nsw.gov.au> wrote in message
iw%o6.3755$o4.167170@ozemail.com.au">news:iw%o6.3755$o4.167170@ozemail.com.au...
> For the first time ever an operational passenger carrying Sydney tram has
> hit the tracks in Melbourne.
>
> Sydney R car 1808 has arrived at Preston Workshops and will take its place
> in Melbourne's Moomba Trams on Parade spectacular on Monday March 12,
2001.
> A 'Bondi' tram on St Kilda Road, now there's something!
>

For the purists, it's really an RW2 (R class body with W2 trucks and
controllers).  Hopefully the brakes haven't been modified to the self
adjusting variety which have put the W fleet out of action.

Congratulations to those in the Sydney Tramway Museum and Bendigo Tramways
who made it all possible.

Regards

David Bennetts
Bowral