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Re: W class Trams are back!

Subject: Re: W class Trams are back!
From: "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 06:43:20 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au)
References: <3b039d3c@news.internex.net.au> <3b03e394$0$25467$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <slrn9gd1o9.29s.spammers-will-die@amalthea.dark.net> <3b07196b$0$25511$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <3b0743cd$1@news.alphalink.com.au> <3B074574.69CC@iprolink.co.nzzzzz>
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"David McLoughlin" <davemcl*PISSOFFSPAMMERS*@iprolink.co.nzzzzz> wrote in
message 3B074574.69CC@iprolink.co.nzzzzz">news:3B074574.69CC@iprolink.co.nzzzzz...
> whitehat wrote:
> >
> > If the W class brakes were faulty, why weren't the Restaurant trams
removed
> > from service?
>
> There was never anything seriously wrong with the W-class brakes. They
> ran for decades without a problem. Now taxpayers are paying millions to
> fix a problem that shouldn't have existed.

Yup. I'm betting the restaurant trams never had the hi-tech
avoiding-maintenance-costs (ha!) "slack adjusters" fitted in them.


Daniel
--
Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/

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