My brother and I had a very nice day there yesterday. I didn't realise you could move 2107. I thought the pantograph and overhead didn't get on?
The depot yard and depot main are fine - at low speed and the complicated overhead around the depot end of Cross Street was adjusted to make it pantograph friendly some time back.
The mainline down 'Tramway Ave' needs more work, except for the X crossing pan in the middle of the scissors crossover, the fittings are all 'dual mode', but they have not been adjusted yet.
The modified Milan Ventotto has a pantograph too - as putting a pole back on the car required extensive bridge work on the roof. The original structure that held the pole when built in 1928 is long missing. So 2107 is not the only pantograph car at Loftus. (And the 'K scrubber' has both, a pole AND a pantograph!)
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On 24 Feb 2025, at 2:32 pm, 'Matthew Geier' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I wonder how many other museums could field operable exhibits that differ in 101 years of age ?
2107 may not be 'available for traffic', it did move out for display under its own power.C290 of 1896 and SLR2107 of 1997.
<101 years of tram - C290 + SLR2107.jpg>
I have to thank a couple of 'young kids' (high schoolers) who put a large amount of time and effort into cleaning the interior of 2107. The tram is possibly now cleaner than any time since it left the factory in 1997.
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