Re: Refurbed Comeng

[trambuff@hotmail.com (Daniel Gerrard)]

On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 18:41:47 +1000, "Michael Walker"
<walker@hotkey.net.au> wrote:

>>> Also I was told by this same guy that tram 1041 (Z class prototype) was
>being
>>> stored in a restricted area down at Newport, as well as a shitload of
>W's.
>>
>>Last time I was a Hawthorn (late last year), 1041 was sitting at the back
>of the
>>depot, covered in Graffiti, almost forgotten...
>>
>I heard several years ago on a visit to the tram museum at Bylands that they
>believed it had been allocated to them although they could only use it as a
>static exhibit as the braking would probably blow the substation at Kilmore.
>Was this true and if it was, then what happened?
>
>

Bylands is on the committe deciding the fate of the shed and the
historic fleet, including 1041, much to the annoyance of national
trust.