Preston Tramway Workshops Vists 1987 and 1988 Melbourne

[@scottyerkes1867]

Very interesting insight into a tram work shop. Thanks tressteleg1💚👌👍

[@ricardoaraozmoldes3970]

Admirable vuestros tranvías antiguos. Cuánta historia hay allí. Interesante esos talleres y depósitos. Saludos desde Tucumán, Argentina.👋😊👍

[@tressteleg1]

Many Thanks 👍😊 Greetings from Gold Coast, Queensland Australia!

[@geoffreymoore1510]

Thanks for this tour from way back and I again appreciate the subtitles. I am currently getting ready to put up The Open Day and trips to and from Crows Nest Metro on 26th May 2024.

[@tressteleg1]

I’m glad you liked it. And good luck with your own upcoming postings.

[@geoffreymoore1510]

@@tressteleg1 Will post you some lnks. maybe by tomorrow all three will be up. If sooner, will let you know. They are all done so ??

[@tressteleg1]

OK, when you are ready…

[@dieseldavetrains8988]

A great pity that they didn't keep a decent number of "W" trams as a tourist attraction running in a circle style fashion through the CBD. I remember the distinctive "hum" of the "Z" class and the old pole type pantograph. Thank you for a great video, much enjoyed.😊

[@tressteleg1]

Well they did. 12 have been modified to become the W8 class. Amongst various bodywork improvements, their contactor controls were replaced with electronics and all of this cost a lot of money. Nevertheless Yarra chooses to run only a few around the City Circle in one direction only. I’m not sure why, but I suppose they just couldn’t be bothered running any more. Nevertheless the state government has let them do this.

[@dieseldavetrains8988]

@@tressteleg1 That is good to hear, thank you for that information.

[@tressteleg1]

@@dieseldavetrains8988 Not really. Sooner or later they will find some excuse to run them less and less. In the past whenever they were short of drivers for a profit-making service, taking a City Circle driver was often done. There are no bonus payment available for CC trips. I suppose they still do that.

[@brianmcgill7314]

I was working there during the time you were filming m8

[@tressteleg1]

👍👍

[@hassansayyab1194]

Awesome video mate I remember the Preston Tram workshops depot with old Melbourne Trams with yellow and green stripes patterns. It’s gives me memories and great history before the new E classic trams take over 😊

[@tressteleg1]

Well all the buildings are still there. However largely it is just a tram depot with, I gather, minimal repair abilities.

[@darylcheshire1618]

I once visited the Hawthorn (training) depot and saw the W class chassis showing the motors and controller, the reverser handle was thrown to show the arc-ing in a motor with cover removed. The reverser handle trick was shown to our group in a W class as it travelled towards the wall at the back of the depot. Apparently the depot was a site of a two pole short just outside the depot which killed two men working on the overhead wiring which had been turned off.

[@tressteleg1]

Around the 1980s when demonstrating that ‘4th Emergency’ braking method one of the motors on the W2 underframe suffered a short circuit and the blown motor was never replaced, so as far as I know running the tram motors cannot be done. I can’t say I ever heard about workmen being electrocuted, but of course it may well have happened.

[@darylcheshire1618]

@@tressteleg1 Something the instructor said.

[@tressteleg1]

@@darylcheshire1618 Well I expect he would know.

[@brianmcgill7314]

The man with the glasses is Norm Cross, He was very eccentric.

[@tressteleg1]

😊👍

[@brianmcgill7314]

@@tressteleg1 I wouldn’t be surprised if the model teams were in his home. 👍

[@tressteleg1]

@brianmcgill7314 Unlikely. He had been in poor health for some time living in a nursing home and sadly passed away last week.

[@Low760]

Thanks for this video. I would love a similar video of north Fitzroy from the same time frame. Was this during the working week?

[@tressteleg1]

13/11/87 was a Friday evening. My daytime visit was obviously a weekday. By North Fitzroy I presume you mean the bus workshops. I never went there so somebody else may have something taken there, but I don’t like your chances.

[@trevormaxwell8134]

We have boring buses 🚌 here in Brisbane city nothing else unfortunately 😮

[@tressteleg1]

Yes I am well aware of that. I saw the last day of trams in 1969. You nearly got trams with Briztram but a major factor was influential shopkeepers getting it stopped on the grounds that they did not want to lose trade during construction.

[@hassansayyab1194]

Do you me to send my video link to you so that you can watch it and ask me anything about my video in the comments thanks 😊🙏

[@tressteleg1]

Yes please, I cannot find it otherwise.