On 19/08/2017 6:27 PM, Richard Youltressteleg@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
> The Man in the Right Place at the Right Times....

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> A few interesting points.

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> If those marks on the road are from this derailment, why are they behind the tram?

The tram had been backed up by the time I took the second pic.
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> Also looking at those point blades, I certainly would not have tried to drive a tram through them in that condition. Clearly they are split due to silting.

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> At the Operations Centre 18 months ago I was told that this left turn was booked out of use as no regular service made that turn any more. Was the driver marking that turn with authorisation?

There was a big footy match on - so it's possible that the E was making the turn into Flinders St to serve that.More likely it was NOT doing a turn - that would also explain why the driver stopped so quickly.
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> Had R9 been sent out to make sure the junction was fit for use?

R10 was there as well - but it was a simple operation to get the E back on the rails.

R10 may well have been 'distracted' earlier due to the aforementioned failure of a B on Queensbridge.

Mal Rowe - who wonders if this happens often but is mostly un-noticed