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Re: Trolley wheels/carbon skids on Melb trams





David Bromage wrote:
> 
> When did conversion of trolley wheels to carbon skids commence?
> Which trams were the first to be delivered with carbon skids?
> 
> Cheers
> David

The first trams fitted with carbon skids were the W6 and W7 cars
allocated to
the then new East Preston and North Fitzroy depots for the opening of
the
Bourkes Street routes in 1956.

John McCallum