On 20/08/2017 11:00 PM, Geoffrey D Deanmilldean@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
> 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.


There had been heavy rain the night before - that may have washed a alot of sand down the hill from Collins St.

Mal Rowe