Loftus (not so) Vintage Tramway Festival

[Matthew Geier]

SPERs first acquisition running alongside its latest.

OK technically 2107 not actually SPER's, it's still owned by 'TAM' <https://www.tam.nsw.gov.au/>, it's just on loan to SPER.

[Geoffrey Hansen]

Is TAM the new name for the Transport Asset Holding Entity? 

Regards Geoffrey 

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[Malcolm Rowe]

Nice - good to see 2107 getting out and about,

Mal Rowe who reckons history did not stop in the 1950s

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SPERs first acquisition running alongside its latest.

OK technically 2107 not actually SPER's, it's still owned by 'TAM' <https://www.tam.nsw.gov.au/>, it's just on loan to SPER.

[Matthew Geier]

Yes, they renamed it. 

I seem to recall some sort of scandal involving TAHE. So I guess you remove the stain by rebranding.... :-)

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[Matthew Geier]

It did a few 'demo' runs from the TAFE siding to the scissors crossover - about 250m. Empty (except for crew). We only ran to the scissors as running a pantograph under the scissors is still a bit, lets say 'tricky'. There are about 5 'youtube shorts' online already. The first appeared almost before we had the car back in the shed!.

We had one enthusiast walk alongside one of the motor bogies as we ran , I presume recording the Variable Frequency Drive hum from the AC motors.

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[Geoffrey Hansen]

Here Here about history not stopping in the 1950s. 

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