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      Gman_86 Chief Commissioner

    Location: Melton, where the sparks dare not roam!
    If the government (this one or the next one) takes up the order option for the extra 100 E class trams (to make a total of 150 E class), then you can probably expect Kew, Camberwell and Essendon to all get them (or at least the future incarnations of those depots), this would allow both Malvern and Glenhuntly to replace all/ most of their Z class trams with A and B class trams.

    I wouldn't be surprised if this issue (the E class order extension) comes up in next years state election.

    If this did happen, the last of these trams wouldn't likely enter service until about 2022, so it's a long way away.
    Posted: 11 Dec 2013 21:39

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      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    If the government (this one or the next one) takes up the order option for the extra 100 E class trams (to make a total of 150 E class), then you can probably expect Kew, Camberwell and Essendon to all get them (or at least the future incarnations of those depots), this would allow both Malvern and Glenhuntly to replace all/ most of their Z class trams with A and B class trams.

    I wouldn't be surprised if this issue (the E class order extension) comes up in next years state election.

    If this did happen, the last of these trams wouldn't likely enter service until about 2022, so it's a long way away.
    "Gman_86"

    I doubt that Camberwell will get any Es, as routes 70 and 75 seem to cope fine with As and Bs.
    Posted: 11 Dec 2013 21:45
      bevans Site Admin

    Location: Melbourne, Australia

    Credit: Kevin Wright

    This was scanned from a slide and the date was not recorded but I suspect it may have been Aust Day 1979 when there was a Transport Cavalcade in the City and blocked off Bourke Street with shuttle buses completing the journey.
    Kevin Wright

    Wanted to share this as it brings back so many memories.
    Posted: 20 Dec 2013 12:26
      alstom_888m Chief Commissioner

    Location:
    Is that the flipper desto? Both of those would have been just about brand new!
    Posted: 20 Dec 2013 17:35
      Some rail man Junior Train Controller

    Location: CIA Headquarters in Washington D.C
    Route 96 has come along way since that photo with trams stuck at all traffic lights and now all low-floor trams
    Posted: 21 Dec 2013 22:42
      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    Route 96 has come along way since that photo with trams stuck at all traffic lights and now all low-floor trams
    "Some rail man"

    Yes? What are you trying to say?
    Posted: 22 Dec 2013 08:01
      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    D2.5018 is running a route 109 service.
    Posted: 23 Dec 2013 20:56
      712M Chief Commissioner

    D2.5018 is running a route 109 service.
    "mattylovestrains"


    Was this an additional short working to assist with cruise ship passengers? If so then these are usually operated by Southbank. I wonder when an E will run to Port Melbourne with passengers...
    Posted: 24 Dec 2013 00:11
      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    Was this an additional short working to assist with cruise ship passengers? If so then these are usually operated by Southbank. I wonder when an E will run to Port Melbourne with passengers...
    "712M"

    No. I have only seen those operating on Sundays. It was actually going to run to Box Hill, but they took it out of service and replaced it with a C
    Posted: 24 Dec 2013 07:07
      route14 Chief Commissioner

    Probably the relief driver was not authorized to drive Combinos.
    Posted: 26 Dec 2013 15:23
      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    A1.232 ran a route 30 service earlier, but returned to the depot and was replaced with a W class
    Posted: 30 Dec 2013 11:59
      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    A1.248 is running a route 86 service
    Posted: 10 Jan 2014 16:23
      Gman_86 Chief Commissioner

    Location: Melton, where the sparks dare not roam!
    For some reason there was a Z3 (172 I think) stabled and shut down in the Showgrounds loop just after 8AM this morning.
    Posted: 13 Jan 2014 16:52
      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    A1s 235, 239 and 240 are running route 86 services.
    Posted: 15 Jan 2014 15:21
      glennofootscray Junior Train Controller

    Location: Footscray
    An A class providing comic relief on the 96 during this morning peak.

    As full as a fat lady's boot.

    Regards Glenn.
    Posted: 15 Jan 2014 16:49
      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    An A class providing comic relief on the 96 during this morning peak.

    As full as a fat lady's boot.

    Regards Glenn.
    "glennofootscray"

    That was A1.236. Probably because the Combinos, C2s and Es may have had AC problems.
    Posted: 16 Jan 2014 06:59
      Chrono Detector Assistant Commissioner

    Location: Tram 57/59
    Z3 190 is on the Airport West 59 route today, guess its due to the heatwave and their B2's failing I suppose.
    Posted: 16 Jan 2014 19:00
      712M Chief Commissioner

    A number of B2s as well as a handful of D2s are being used on Tennis shuttles which results in smaller trams being used on some routes. The most extreme case being the 75 which normally runs exclusively with B2s is now being run by As for the two weeks.
    Posted: 16 Jan 2014 23:44
      Some rail man Junior Train Controller

    Location: CIA Headquarters in Washington D.C
    Well I never knew the E class tram's A/C fries in the heat
    Posted: 17 Jan 2014 21:02
      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    A number of unusual sightings from today, most were due to the St Kilda festival

    C1s on route 112: 3013, 3018, 3020, 3032, 3035
    B2s on route 16a: 2004, 2064, 2065, 2079, 2096, 2120
    A number of B classes on route 96a, including B1.2001, which I caught. I'll also point out that it is unusual for a B1 to be running on a weekend, regardless of which route

    These were not results of the St Kilda Festival:
    D2.5001 and D2.5002 were both running route 8 services earlier today.
    D2.5021 was on route 16a in the morning, then I caught it on a 6d service
    Posted: 09 Feb 2014 16:34
      Bogong Chief Commissioner

    Location: Essendon Aerodrome circa 1980
    B class trams ran the northern half of the No. 96 route last night for the first time that I can recall since I bought my house. They shunted at Russell Street before heading north again.

    At 9.30 pm I caught a B class on the No. 96 route into the city for the White Night event and while waiting for a tram home at 5.30 am I chatted to a Yarra Trams official. He confirmed that they were running the No 96 out of Preston Depot because the route was split into two by street closures. He said that the southern end of the No. 86 into Docklands was being run by Southbank depot, (presumably by either C2 or D2 trams).
    Posted: 23 Feb 2014 21:30

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      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    A1.245 is running a route 86 service
    This morning, Z3.129 was on route 19
    Posted: 05 Mar 2014 19:12
      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    Z3.122 is running a route 59 service
    Posted: 06 Mar 2014 17:43
      mattylovestrains Train Controller

    Today I caught Z3.175 on a route 19 service, which is unusual any time, let alone a weekend.

    A woman onboard asked me which route it was (she wanted a 57) and I told her it was a 19. Understandable mistake, she recognised the type of tram
    Posted: 08 Mar 2014 17:25
      glennofootscray Junior Train Controller

    Location: Footscray
    Nobody reads destinations or route numbers. I am surprised she didn't hop aboard then finally figured it out when the tram trundled up Royal Parade.

    Variety is the spice of life, and a change is good as a holiday.

    Regards Glenn
    Posted: 08 Mar 2014 18:08

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