Re: [TramsDownUnder] Getting back to trams ...

Gday  Mal, All

That was courageous decision by the Traffic Manager,letting a tram with
a radius truck run fast enough to keep W schedule speed

Cheers,   Mick, He He He

On 25/03/2025 10:12 am, Mal Rowe wrote:
> The attached pic dates from around 1925 and shows a Melbourne T class
> tram at South Melbourne (Hanna St) tram depot.
>
> There is a huge pile of woodblocks visible behind the tram in the
> adjacent per-way yard
>
> 179 is in its original form with no bulkhead behind the driver and a
> tip over cross bench seat on the platform.
>
> Later a bulkhead was installed - with a driver exit door and short
> seats backing onto it on each platform.
>
> The T class were the only ex Trust trams that were able to perform to
> a level that meant they could run in mixed traffic with W class trams.
>
> Mal Rowe - hastening to add that the L class trams were not ex -Trust.
>

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