Re: Z 149 up in smoke

["Rod" <comtrain@mpx.com.au>]

Chris Sinnema <csinn@pop.netlink.com.au> wrote in message
38260CB6.9DB7F78F@pop.netlink.com.au">news:38260CB6.9DB7F78F@pop.netlink.com.au...
> Last Saturday night Z 149 tram from Essendon depot caught fire at the
> West Marribynong terminus. The cause of the fire appears to be an
> electrical fault, but not confirmed. The entire tram was gutted in about
> 5 minutes after the fire broke out. All that is left is the external
> shell and the bogies. Presently the tram is on 12 road at Essendon
> depot. Get out the cameras and come on down for some good shots, before
> they take it away.

Shit! what ever for? but there again I have got plenty of matches left.
Rod [Remembers a long Tram Strike back in Melbourne a few years ago, and can
only wonder what it would have been like if they all burnt out, just like a
long fuse.....pssssssssss.....]