> >Well, I couldn't care less about 200 clapped-out W class trams sitting at
> >Newport, but I would be wary of them "doing a Clem" and burning down say,
> >Malvern Depot or Preston Depot and using that as an excuse to shut down
> >half a dozen tram lines the way Clem did after Paddington Depot was
> >arsoned.
> Preston is now run by A Goninan & Co, as it Bendigo Railway Workshops. I
> doubt they'd burn down places that one of Australia's largest engineering
> firms is paying a small fortune to lease.
'scuse me nit-picking, but as you can see, I clearly said Preston Depot,
not the workshops. The depot is out on Plenty Road near Bell Street and
serves the Bundoora and West Preston lines. The workshops to which you
refer are at the corner of St Georges Road and Miller Street, by the
"hump."
When there was a fire at Glenhuntly Depot a couple of years back, and at
least one Z1 was burnt out, I thought of Clem and Paddington Depot
straight away. Fortunately it seems Glenhuntly had sprinklers.
Dave McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand