>In article <347A531B.A32218CD@merddyn.apana.org.au>, ht244014@student.uq.edu.au wrote:
> After all, 554 was only 5 years one month old when scrapped!
>>
>>See my other posting re how the modern Melbourne conventional trams
>>actually owe a lot of their features to Brisbane's original 1938 FM
>>design and subsequent modifications - resilient wheels, roller
>>bearings, double helical gears, tiled floorsetc. Perhaps Melbourne
>>might even follow Brisbane's lead with 511 and install fluro lights
>>;-)
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Garry
>Actually, the PTC tried to do just that with SW6 car 922. Unfortunately, the
>National Trust found out and persuaded the Government to scrap the project.
>922 was to have had new head and tail lights (including stop and turn
>indicatotrs), dot matrix destination signs, air conditioning, roller bearings,
>flourescent lighting, and a pantograph. This car is now stored in Newport
>Workshops along with all the other redundant W series cars.
Sell 'em all to Brisbane. A ready supply of trams for a resurrected
tramway. According to Garry Ford, it'll be like coals to Newcastle.
Les Brown.