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Melbourne tram bits and pieces

Photos of bits and pieces on and around Melbourne's trams

Never used end door of C2.5123 partially marked as a 'door' in yellow, and partially hidden with the new PTV 'shard' livery

The rearmost door of each C2 class tram was never used in Melbourne, as it overhangs too many tram stops.

Wednesday 23 July 2014 2:12 PM
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Green advertising liveried door on tram D2.5009

Monday 7 July 2014 1:38 PM
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Early-2000s Yarra Trams fold out 'STOP' signs on an A class tram

Monday 23 June 2014 1:54 PM
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Fold out 'STOP' signs on the doors of a B2 class tram

Originally the Yarra Trams refurbished trams had a larger light green flag, with a less noticeable STOP sign on them. The 2013 upgrades to the fleet has replaced them with the standard red ones.

Monday 23 June 2014 1:49 PM
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Faded 'Bumblebee 2' stickers on C2.5113

Tuesday 13 May 2014 12:31 PM
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Faded 'Bumblebee 2' stickers on C2.5113

This tram was originally named 'Ungersheim' when in service in Mulhouse, France

Tuesday 13 May 2014 12:31 PM
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'Bumblebee 2' stickers removed from one end of C2.5113

Tuesday 13 May 2014 12:30 PM
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Tattered remains of 'Bumblebee 4' decals on the side of tram C2.5106

Friday 9 May 2014 1:30 PM
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Five years old and falling apart - faded 'Bumblebee' decals on a C2 class tram

Thursday 24 April 2014 2:12 PM
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Clean section of a C2 class tram, after the faded 'Bumblebee' decals were removed

Thursday 24 April 2014 2:12 PM
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Crud from the roof of a Z3 class is washed down the tram sides

The black strip is a gutter that discharge the gunk through holes located between the windows - keeping the inside of the tram slightly cleaner

Friday 11 April 2014 2:09 PM
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Bare metal showing on the side of tram Z1.96

Wednesday 2 April 2014 5:56 PM
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'Preston Depot / via Plenty Road' on route 'd' destination

Friday 28 February 2014 8:37 AM
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Magnetic track brakes retrofitted onto a W class tram

Tuesday 21 January 2014 1:41 PM
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Gap between a Combino tram and the platform stop at Melbourne University

Both tram and stop were built in the mid-2000s - shouldn't the two actually line up?

Thursday 19 December 2013 6:04 PM
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Detail of D2.5004 advertising 'TramTracker'

Tuesday 29 October 2013 1:21 PM
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Detail of D2.5004 advertising 'TramTracker'

Tuesday 29 October 2013 1:21 PM
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Tram of the devil - route 666

Friday 27 September 2013 6:01 PM
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Large advertising panel on the side of a B2 class tram, minus the advertising

Tuesday 10 September 2013 1:43 PM
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Sticker detailing the meaning of the yellow triangles between the tram tracks

At the No. 2 end of a Z3 class tram - the symbols indicate where trams have to cut off power when passing through a section insulator in the overhead

Friday 30 August 2013 7:51 AM
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New PTV decals affixed to a W class tram, but the paintwork is still crumbling!

Monday 12 August 2013 2:11 PM
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Advertising panel on a side of a D2 class tram

A mix of conventional stickers on the bottom panels, and see-through Contravision decals over the window

Sunday 11 August 2013 12:13 PM
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PTV advertising for '$3.50 weekend travel' on the front of a tram

Thursday 8 August 2013 2:07 PM
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Pantograph crud washed down the side of a Z3 class tram

Thursday 8 August 2013 1:35 PM
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