>On Tue, 03 Feb 1998 14:42:03 +1200, Dave McL <davemcl@iprolink.co.nz>
>wrote:
>
>>Leslie Brown wrote:
>>>
>>> The PTC has advertised in The Age (31/01/98) for tenders for the
>>> following:
>>
>>> Tram Track Reconstruction
>>>
>>> The Public Transport Corporation invites tenders for the Tram Track
>>> Reconstruction of Ballasted Track in Dandenong Road, between
>>> Glenferrie Road and St. Kilda Junction. The Scope comprises a total of
>>> 3.6 kilometres of Dual Track and sundry works.
>>> Perhaps somebody should tell them that some of it has already been
>>> done?
>>
>>Has it? It was in pretty lousy condition when I was there in August. The
>>section from Chapel Street to St Kilda junction had clearly not been
>>attended to since opened in 1968.
>>
Some of it was done just past Hawthorne Road in May last year.
>>Far worse was the ballasted track in Mt Alexander Road on the Airport
>>West lines. The trams were forced to crawl along there to try to ensure
>>they didn't come off what passed for the track.
>>
>>
>Sounds like the Standard Gauge Main Line anywhere in Victoria. :-)
>
>BTW wouldn't "tram tenders" be tank-like things that trail behind
>trams ????? <vbg>.
I though they were called "scrubber cars"
Les Brown