Yes a downside was, they didn’t have air-conditioning like the A and Z class trams but realistically we only had maybe 10 abnormally hot days a year. I remember the times when the bus driver used to have the front door open whilst driving (when it was hot) so he would have a blast of fresh air blowing on him. You could open the windows if someone smelt horrible or if you personally wanted fresh air, something that’s almost impossible now. They were sliding windows so you could actually move the window out of the way unlike these days where thy just pop inwards. The last bus I rode was in Nov 2019. I’m supprised they didn’t bring them back during COVID because of all the windows they had for ventilation.

It’s a shame they were “eradicated” from the city’s bus networks even though they could’ve easily still been running as replacement busses or on high frequency routes where it’s not as big of an inconvenience for people with wheelchairs.

You might be thinking of the DERM charter to Colac via RRL in October 2015? It was the first heritage train to use the new line.