Apart from the loss of our working W's, one of the biggest (and to my mind, saddest) differences was losing the conductors to ticket machines, and when it happened the tramways lost part of its soul. Thanks for posting.
@planetX15
8 жыл бұрын
Did that happen in 1997? The same year the Metcards started?
@AY-qb5rv
6 жыл бұрын
The last tram with a conductor was on the morning of the 24th May 1998. It was not long after Metcard was introduced.
@rahulbhatia7798
6 жыл бұрын
True my dad was a conductor but since then he's been a driver so it all worked out for him!
@nigelstringfellow5187
3 жыл бұрын
Every single video you post is entertaining and interesting,you certainly have travelled a bit ! I think you should write a book detailing your experiences and thoughts ,I think it would be fascinating,Thank you for everything you post Cheers
@tressteleg1
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comments, but I have enough to do already, and I don’t think my biography would be all that exciting to others. 😊
@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520
3 жыл бұрын
The year of my birth. This footage is the closest I'll ever get to experiencing Melbourne in 1991. I remember the green trams and the Met as a kid, and the conductors. Things have change heaps in my lifetime. Thanks for the footage.
@tressteleg1
3 жыл бұрын
😊👍
@SJ9175
8 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful images, beautiful memories !
@luizaugustoramos2520
3 жыл бұрын
@tressteleg1 Not sure if you have the answer, but I've ever been curious about that: why was the pole opposite to the direction of travel always the one to be connected to the wires?
@tressteleg1
3 жыл бұрын
There are a few aspects. If the front pole were up, it would very easily snag on something and become broken. In fact sometimes at a terminus the conductor forgot to pull the pole down and if the driver didn’t notice, and set off with the front pole facing what is now forwards, usually there would be a disaster of some form. The rear pole is raised as it is easily accessible by the trolley rope. But if the rear pole did somehow become damaged, the front one would be raised but turned around so that it was pointing backwards. So you always had a spare.
@luizaugustoramos2520
3 жыл бұрын
@@tressteleg1 Tks for the explanation! Did conductor's job include changing points too, if required, or this task has ever been assigned to drivers?
@tressteleg1
3 жыл бұрын
Out on the ‘main lines’, most points were ‘automatic’ which means the driver changed them using the switch or buttons in the cab. Points requiring human attention were usually changed by the driver simply because the point bar was kept in the front cab, and it was the driver who could see the points needed to be changed by hand. Sometimes the ‘automatic’ points did not change automatically so again the driver had to get out of the tram and change them with the point bar. Sometimes like when returning the tram to the depot, the conductor would walk ahead and change one or more sets of points to reach the correct ‘road’. But mostly he was too busy attending to his money and tickets so the driver did that work. And some conductors were not smart enough to set the points anyway. Now they are no conductors so the driver does this work himself.
@luizaugustoramos2520
3 жыл бұрын
@@tressteleg1 tks again! I really enjoy watching these old scenes of Melbourne trams and every time I do so, I keep asking myself how much the network changed over the years. Tks for being such a nice guy, always happy to share your knowledge with us!
@tressteleg1
3 жыл бұрын
Many Thanks. I don’t claim to know everything, but if I can give an answer to a question I will do my best. Unfortunately I don’t think I have much more ‘historic’ video of Melbourne.
@TheAxelay
6 жыл бұрын
The old trams certainly had something about them unlike the current boring but if comfortable low class variants we have now..
@tressteleg1
6 жыл бұрын
👍
@AY-qb5rv
6 жыл бұрын
Even in 1991, 'Meat is Murder' was a graffiti slogan! (12:59)
@tressteleg1
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, but I can’t say when it started. Maybe an offshoot of the radical 1960s.
@AY-qb5rv
6 жыл бұрын
Nor can I, or maybe it came from the Smiths album in 1985. Who knows?
@tressteleg1
8 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately a lot of the Connies were very lazy compared with Karen. As a driver, especially on the As and Bs, I got to see how little some of them did. But one-manning was and still is a world-wide trend
@johnsergei
8 жыл бұрын
The drivers too, may well be gone before long. The only reason anybody has a job is because it has not been automated yet & rail vehicles are much simpler to automate than road. Plenty of driverless trains & LR out there, but still very few pass trains with no crew on board at all. A good connie is quite efficient & the W class was often underway again even before I got to the kerb upon allighting ( and I was a fit, fast youngfella)
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