Re: Melbourne Trams

[steam4me@enternet.com.au (Yuri J Sos/Melbourne)]

On Thu, 27 May 1999 08:32:44 +1200, David McLoughlin
<davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz> wrote, and I selectively quote:

>Have you heard of National City Lines, the company owned by General
>Motors, Firestone Tires and Standard Oil, which bought dozens of US
>tramway systems in the 1930s, 40s and 50s and replaced the trams
>with.... General Motors buses rolling on Firestone tyres and fuelled by
>Standard Oil diesel????

I thought this had been debunked as an "urban myth" a long, long time
ago.
       
Regards

Yuri
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