Re: Stored trams at Newport
Michael Walker (walker@hotkey.net.au)
Tue, 10 Feb 1998 23:00:17 +1100
David Bromage wrote:
>
> Dave McL (davemcl@iprolink.co.nz) wrote:
> >David Bromage wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> When trams were put into the Henderson factory, which was eventually
> >> earmarked for demolition, we were all expecting a "mysterious" fire a la
> >> Brisbane City Council. I don't think the PTC is above that sort of thing.
> >> Lang Lang station "mysteriously" burnt down after an preservation lease
> >> application was lodged by SGR.
> >
> >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.
>
> Cheers
> David
Preston WORKSHOPS = A. Goninan and Co.
Preston DEPOT (Plenty Road, Preston, not St Georges Road Thornbury) =
PTC / Met Tram / Yarra Tram / Whichever Government org. owns it this
week.