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.
John McCallum