Friday, 13 June 2025

[TramsDownUnder] Vale Anthony (Tony) Cody

Tony Cody was a member of SPER, aka Sydney Tramway Museum, for over 40 years
In his earlier years, he was involved in much of the development of the Museum and was also part of its Traffic team.
More recently, but for many years, he specialised in dealing with its historic documents and was its archivist.
He was a regular attendee, particularly on Wednesdays, until ill health curtailed his travel.
He attended many COTMA conferences as a representative of SPER/STM.
Funeral particulars are: -

"Anthony Cody
Memorial Park:
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium
Address: Cnr Delhi and Plassey Roads North Ryde NSW 2113
Location: Camellia Chapel
Time: 11:30am
Date: 12/06/2025
Funeral Director: GREGORY AND CARR
Type of service: Chapel
For livestreaming enquiries, please contact the funeral director to check if the option is available."



Vale Tony, may he Rest In Peace.

Terence Boardman OAM
E:-   terry.boa@bigpond.com
M:-   0421077747
P :-   0299398297

My Garratt assessment drive in South Africa
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On ,Wed Jun 04 2025 11:40:30 GMT+1000 (Australian Eastern Standard Time), <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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Roderick Smith <rnveditor@yahoo.com.au>: Jun 04 01:30AM

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Roderick
 
Wed.3.6.25 Metro X
10.14 Hurstbridge line: Major delays (an equipment fault in the Macleod area).  Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations, or may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 10.46 Now minor.
10.32 Major delays (police in the Cranbourne area).  Trains may be altered.
- 10.38 clearing.
Buses replace trains between Westall and Cranbourne / East Pakenham from 20.00 until the last train (works).  https://tinyurl.com/yuv38e5n
Buses replace trains between Newport and Werribee from 20.30 until the last train (works).  https://tinyurl.com/bdd8a22e
22.56 Sunbury line - Major delays (police in the Ginifer area).  Trains may be altered.
- 23.02 clearing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Greg Sutherland <gregsutherland@ozemail.com.au>: Jun 04 09:30AM +1000


pn1 <pn1@bigpond.com>: Jun 03 09:47PM +0800

Hiroshima is on the list for the next adventure Bob.
 
Along with the other Japanese systems not yet "done".
 
Regards
 
Paul
 
Mobile: +61 419 533 519
Email: pn1@bigpond.com
 
Robert Bracegirdle <bobbracegirdle@gmail.com>: Jun 03 03:04PM +0100

Hiroshima I found unforgettable. Over 15 years ago
 
Bob
 
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On 3 Jun 2025, at 14:48, 'pn1' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:
 
 Hiroshima is on the list for the next adventure Bob.
 
Along with the other Japanese systems not yet "done".
 
Regards
 
Paul
 
Mobile: +61 419 533 519
 
Email: pn1@bigpond.com
 
On 1 Jun 2025, at 09:24, 'Bob Pearce' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:
 
Hi all and Paul,
 
Are you not able to visit Hiroshima?
 
PETS (Perth) received four (4) standard gauge Brill 77E bogies from Hiroshima
 
in 2023, to follow up the four we received from Kagoshima in 1990.
 
Two of the latest four will go under Perth 2nd A third series No. 130.
 
The ex-Kagoshima bogies are under Perth 66 and Fremantle 29.
 
However, for all that Paul, you are able to visit those places at my envy. I
 
really wish I could see the people at those tramways and thank them personally
 
for their extremely kind and generous gift to our Society and the people of
 
Perth, when they visit Whiteman Park.
 
Regards and enjoy the trip.
 
Bob in Perth
 
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Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Japan trams
 
Have completed four out of the five tram systems to be experienced this
 
adventure:
 
Kagoshima
 
Kumamoto
 
Matsuyama
 
Nagasaki
 
Next and last stop is Kochi.
 
Wonderful riding old trams in regular daily service!
 
The work of the intrepid enthusiast is never complete.
 
Paul
 
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Geoffrey Hansen <gnhansen290@gmail.com>: Jun 04 09:22AM +1000

I'd love to see the interurban style trams in Japan.
 
Regards Geoffrey
 
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pn1 <pn1@bigpond.com>: Jun 03 01:21PM +0900

Yesterday, my partner, Robyn, and I spent a wonderful day on the amazing Kochi, Japan, tram system.
 
My initial impression was that it was like Bendigo on steroids with a dollop of the Belgian Vicinal thrown in. Then our last ride was the Gomen line that has a section (half an hour running time) that could have been an American interurban 100 years ago.
 
Traditional bogie cars rollicking along with motors humming and compressors throbbing. Drivers handling the manual brake to perfection.
 
A day ticket for the entire system costs 1000 Yen (about $A11). The long line from Ino to Gomen takes about two hours! There are numerous short workings that impact on one's desire to ride end to end.
 
The older bogie cars with doors at the ends reminded me of a cross between a larger Melbourne X1 and the solitary Y! I never got to ride a Hobart bogie car but the size and style seemed similar.
 
Going off topic is not what most fans like to do but at the Gomen terminus a delightful local chap was interested in what this silly old fart was up to (in the nicest possible way). Turned out he and his wife ran a delightful little coffee shop a few metres short of the terminus. Though the cafe was closed at the time, he invited us in and he insisted we have a complimentary coffee. By amazing co incidence on our flight today from Kochi to Fukuoka, I read the JAL magazine and there was an article about our hosts yesterday.
 
I am sorry to intrude with this largely off topic ramble but if anyone in the TDU community is interested in an amazing tram experience in 2025, Kochi would be hard to beat.
 
Paul (who's doing his best to explore tram systems near and far while he can)
Tony Galloway <arg@aapt.net.au>: Jun 03 07:30PM +1000

Here's a video I found on Kochi trams :
 
 
Tony
 
pn1 <pn1@bigpond.com>: Jun 03 09:45PM +0800

Hasn't changed much! Wonderful!
 
Regards
 
Paul
 
On 3 Jun 2025, at 17:30, 'Tony Galloway' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:
 
 Here's a video I found on Kochi trams :
 
 
Tony
 
On 3 Jun 2025, at 14:21, 'pn1' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:
 
Yesterday, my partner, Robyn, and I spent a wonderful day on the amazing Kochi, Japan, tram system.
 
My initial impression was that it was like Bendigo on steroids with a dollop of the Belgian Vicinal thrown in. Then our last ride was the Gomen line that has a section (half an hour running time) that could have been an American interurban 100 years ago.
 
Traditional bogie cars rollicking along with motors humming and compressors throbbing. Drivers handling the manual brake to perfection.
 
A day ticket for the entire system costs 1000 Yen (about $A11). The long line from Ino to Gomen takes about two hours! There are numerous short workings that impact on one's desire to ride end to end.
 
The older bogie cars with doors at the ends reminded me of a cross between a larger Melbourne X1 and the solitary Y! I never got to ride a Hobart bogie car but the size and style seemed similar.
 
Going off topic is not what most fans like to do but at the Gomen terminus a delightful local chap was interested in what this silly old fart was up to (in the nicest possible way). Turned out he and his wife ran a delightful little coffee shop a few metres short of the terminus. Though the cafe was closed at the time, he invited us in and he insisted we have a complimentary coffee. By amazing co incidence on our flight today from Kochi to Fukuoka, I read the JAL magazine and there was an article about our hosts yesterday.
 
I am sorry to intrude with this largely off topic ramble but if anyone in the TDU community is interested in an amazing tram experience in 2025, Kochi would be hard to beat.
 
Paul (who's doing his best to explore tram systems near and far while he can)
 
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Richard Youl <tressteleg@yahoo.com.au>: Jun 03 09:27PM +1000

 It seems that with the information about the new bus depot they did expect 14 buses but in fact it seems they were only ever 10.
 
Certainly they have Volgren bodies. I can't say I have seen any mention of the supplier of the chassis or propulsion.
 
I have had a plug-in hybrid motor vehicle for 10 years now, and the fact is that the power required to start off the vehicle or climb a hill is much more than is ever received back from regeneration. The best battery mileage is in totally flat countryside.
 
Our airport buses have luggage racks at the lowest level, so people would not need to climb stairs with their bags.
 
As I said at the beginning, I would love to see trolley bus wires all over the place, but as the public knows that battery buses exist, despite internal space, weight and other limitations, it would be very difficult to convince the public that trolleybuses with wires are better. Think of the APS in George St Sydney.
 
Richard
 
On 2 Jun 2025, at 3:58 pm, 'TP' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:
 

 
As far as I can determine, the operator is Kinetic and these are BYD buses with Volgren bodies? I can only account for ten Kinetic electric buses in ATDB Fleetlists, so I don't know what the other four are.
 
The 12 metre battery buses used in Australia to date typically have a range of about 350 km or so on a single charge, which is enough for a typical day's operation, thus can be charged overnight. From the mileage you quote, I can see that the longer Gold Coast service would require a top-up during the roster, to be safe. On a flat route, drivers would have to be sure to enable a good amount of regeneration (through deceleration) to keep the endurance up. Obviously, if they aren't regenerating enough, the range will be less.
 
I've used those BYD buses at Sydney Airport. They're pretty poor for that sort of work with huge stairs up the back making it hard to move around with bags.
 
This flat-floored battery IMC trolley to Prague Airport is the way to do it - part on wires, part on battery, so no range issue:
 
 
Tony P
 
On Monday, 2 June 2025 at 13:59:31 UTC+10 Richard Youl wrote:
 

 
Thanks to everyone who added useful information to this discussion.
 
I have spoken to 2 drivers of the battery buses which seem to do all the trips between the Broadbeach South tram terminus and Gold Coast airport. Route 777.
 
I learned that drivers complete half a shift and then drive back to the depot and while having a meal break, top up the charge. They use the same bus again for second half.
 
The length of each one way run is 18km (Google Earth) and doing 4 return trips plus running to and from the depot which is at Currumbin and approx 6 Km from the airport takes almost 4 hours. This equates to close to 227 km per half shift.
 
One driver estimates that buses could easily run between 5 and 6 hours on a single charge.
 
The run is largely flat although there are 2 or 3 hills to climb. There are 9 intermediate stops between termini. I have had some trips to the airport that only had to stop at a few intermediate stops, so the run was almost as fast as driving your car.
 
There are 14 battery buses in the fleet and the Currumbin depot is for battery buses only.
 
The major criticism I have to make, as an occasional user of this service, is that although these buses have been fine getting to the airport, they are totally inadequate when a plane or two land at the airport near each other as they have only 32 seats, and consequently can leave passengers behind when they are 'full'.
 
US correspondents have stated that harsh winter weather somewhat limits battery range, a problem which does not exist on the Gold Coast.
 
So as much as I would like to see new or more trolley bus overhead being erected in city streets, I cannot see that happening now to any large degree.
 
The battery buses which run the Brisbane 'Metro' have still not started running on all the intended routes, and when they do it may be difficult to find information from drivers as they are totally isolated from passengers and the glass between drivers and passengers, when last seen, was covered in paper.
 
One story in the newspapers last week reported that the air conditioning of the Brisbane "Metro" buses, built by Hess Switzerland, was not as good as it could be although they claim that adjustments are being made. And this is besides the fact that the last Brisbane summer was largely wet and not terribly hot. A more normal summer could prove "interesting".
 
Richard
 
On 25 May 2025, at 4:04 pm, 'TP' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
 

 
It's not a black and white answer Richard because the more batteries you load on board, the more you have to reduce the passenger capacity in order to keep the axle load within limits. So it's a bit self-defeating if you increase the range with more batteries but then can't carry as many people. In NSW, battery buses typically have a range of about 350 km, but their capacity is reduced to about 60, compared to 70 to 80 for a diesel bus. In Europe they place a lot of value on passenger capacity, so their ranges are typically less than 250 km. This is why the battery trolleybus is so popular in Europe, because it's not range-restricted and can carry more people, so it does the heavy work while straight battery buses are confined to quieter routes. Of course, there they also have great numbers of tram and metro systems to do heavy lifting, so not so reliant on buses anyway.
 
Tony P
 
On Sunday, 25 May 2025 at 08:58:22 UTC+10 Richard Youl wrote:
 
Hi Brent,
 
Do you know how far these electrics can go on a single charge?
 
I am in discussion with some Americans and to date the few places which promised battery buses in place of trolley buses have had poor results.
 
Didn't Wellington also make similar promises? How has that worked out?
 
Richard
 
On 25 May 2025, at 8:30 am, 'Brent Efford' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
 
Perhaps operating practice in Australia is different, but in NZ there wouldn't be many PT vehicles of any mode which operate continuously 18 hours a day, with no inter-peak downtime. Go to any bus depot or rail stabling yard here at midday and there will be plenty of vehicles waiting for school + pm peak duty – while drivers endure the hated split shifts. Rostering battery charging during this downtime doesn't seem to be an issue – and the reduced time that BEBs spend in the workshops compared with diesels improves availability, too.
 
Some of the longest bus routes including open road speeds – like the #83 Eastbourne in Wellington or the #1 from south Christchurch to Rangiora, are now worked by electrics. And the Orbiter in Christchurch, a continuous circular route, is now electric – but even if it means buying a few more BEBs, it would be hard to envisage it being wired for trolleybuses! https://www.metroinfo.co.nz/news/celebrating-our-acceleration-into-our-electric-future/
 
Brent Efford
 
On 24 May 2025, at 3:08 PM, 'TP' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
 
On the long circle route 998/999, the range of the batteries will not be sufficient to support a single bus operating the service all day, so they'll have to restructure the roster to enable another bus to take over during the day while the first bus goes off for recharging. This is one reason why, with battery buses, you need to buy more of them to maintain the same level of service. A diesel or trolley bus wouldn't have this issue.
 
Tony P
 
On Saturday, 24 May 2025 at 12:34:59 UTC+10 Bob Pearce wrote:
 
Ummm,
 
I understand it is not.
 
Buggered up the roads, just as the warnings stated.
 
Bob in Perth
 
From: 'Brent Efford' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdo...@googlegroups.com>
 
Sent: Saturday, 24 May 2025 10:13 AM
 
To: TramsDownUnder <tramsdo...@googlegroups.com>
 
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Perth bus fleet to be all-electric
 
The way the world is going. All without wires, too. Shame on them :).
 
BTW – how is the much-vaunted sham (sorry, "trackless") "tram" in that fair city turning out? The silence in both the professional and enthusiast media is puzzling.
 
Brent Efford
 
On Friday, May 23, 2025 at 11:15:45 PM UTC+12 TP wrote:
 
The last diesel bus has been delivered to the Transport fleet. Ferries will also ultimately be all-electric.
 
 
Tony P
 
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Roderick Smith <rnveditor@yahoo.com.au>: Jun 03 07:37AM

681201Su -Dropcentre 374 inbound from Bardon on the single-track section in Simpsons Rd between Chiswick Rd and Camp Rd.  Roderick Smith.
Salvaged from a damaged negative.
Roderick

TP <historyworks@smartchat.net.au>: Jun 03 12:30AM -0700

Ignore the brief incursion from Melbourne and Sydney, but this seems to be
filmed mainly in the 1950s.
 
 
Tony P

Mal Rowe <mal.rowe@gmail.com>: Jun 03 02:04PM +1000

Yesterday a group of friends joined Hugh Waldron to celebrate his 80th
birthday.
 
Hugh was nicknamed "The Professor" during his extended time as a driver
and later Depot Starter at Kew depot because of his broad knowledge of
the trams and the system
 
Here are a couple of pics of Hugh and the special cake for the occasion.
 
The older view shows Hugh shepherding Sydney Tramway Museum's
"perambulating R class" number 1808 during it's time in Melbourne in 2003.
 
Mal Rowe - who enjoyed the cake

Roderick Smith <rnveditor@yahoo.com.au>: Jun 03 01:44AM

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Roderick
 
Mon.2.6.25 Metro X
7.43  Sunbury line: Major delays (an animal hit by a train).  Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations, or may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 7.54 I believe that it hit a kangaroo. Should this really cause major delays?
- 7.57 clearing.
14.40 Pakenham line - Major delays (a trespasser in the Berwick area).  Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 14.48 clearing.
18.27 Pakenham/Cranbourne/Frankston/Sandringham lines: Major delays (a trespasser in the South Yarra area).  Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at or between stations, or may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 18.40 clearing.
- Not even the first for today.
- Again.
19.31  Major delays (an 'operational incident' in the Werribee area).  Trains may be altered.
- 20.06 clearing.
19.44 Route 67 tram trouble.  Consider using Pakenham/Cranbourne/Frankston/Sandringham trains.
- 19.55 Or the 623 bus which basically duplicates the exact impacted section of tramway.
- 20.30 Trams have resumed.
19.58 Lilydale/Belgrave/Alamein/ Glen Waverley lines: Major delays (police in the Burnley area).  Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.
- 20.46 clearing.
Buses replace trains between Westall and Cranbourne / East Pakenham from 20.00 until the last train (works).  https://tinyurl.com/yuv38e5n
Buses replace trains between Newport and Werribee from 20.30 until the last train (works).  https://tinyurl.com/bdd8a22e
 
 
 
 
 
 
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