Yarra Trams policy is to clean points only on demand.
If a Driver calls Fleet to complain about sand in points the track people will go and clean out the points.
Frequently I would have to shovel sand out of points with the Points Bar to be able to change them.
On one occasion I was told to shunt at Kooyong to return to Kew, but the points were rock solid.
I had to wait about 5 or so minutes to when the track cleaners arrived. Not only did they have to clean out the points blades, but also the pit itself was full of sand. They left quite a mess of sand on the road.
Regards,
Geoff.

> On 20 Aug 2017, at 20:52, 'Noel Reed'noelreed10@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> Mal Rowe mal.rowe@... mailto:mal.rowe@gmail.com wrote ---

> There was certainly a lot of silt in the points - but it's not visible in the pic I made.

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> How is silt removed from Melbourne tramway points ? How often are points inspected, cleaned, lubricated and checked for wear in the mechanism ?

> Noel Reed.

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>> On 19/08/2017 6:27 PM, Richard Youltressteleg@... mailto:tressteleg@yahoo.com.au [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

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

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> I just realised that your reference was to the marks in the first pic - behind the tram.

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> The marks I referred to were (just) visible in the second pic - of the points.

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> There was certainly a lot of silt in the points - but it's not visible in the pic I made.

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> Mal Rowe - who knew what had happened when he heard the big bang as the tram dropped back into the groove.

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