Re: Batman Avenue Trams Finished!

["John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>]

And remember when the B1s were equipped to service high platforms?

Now that would have been great on the St Kilda line,

Cheers
John Wayman

David Langley <del@ancc.com.au> wrote in message
news:37528D46.E276A038@ancc.com.au...
> Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote:
>
> > The new section will be opened by Robin Copper at 12:00pm on June 6th
(sun)
> > at Exhibition/Flinders Street, free sassage sizzle and ride on the new
> > section.
> >
> > It was a pitty about the fact a Z didn't run the last trip, because
> > with the new section having low platform and Z class having stupid front
> > doors, they won't be able to be run on the new section (same reason
> > they can't run on the light rail, even with panto's)
>
> Hey, when the Z's were introduced there was not such thing as low level
platforms. If
> there had of been then maybe the front doors would have been moved. Also
the doors were
> there for entry of passengers only, you exited by the other doors only,
and in that way
> the driver (remembering that the conductor was seated and did not give the
ok to restart
> from stops) could move the people getting on a faster so that he could
close the doors and
> start away. A bit hard if you can't see it clearly. The exiting passengers
generally
> exited a lot faster than the boarding passengers and so he could rely on
the mirrors to
> monitor these doors.
>
> And also don't forget that the Z1's are now around 18-20 years old. How
old are you?
>
> David Langley.
>