If you heard how much worn pivoted point blades can rattle and clank when every tram runs over them, you would have another reason. The one that use to be outside Museum/Melbourne Central rail station in Swanston clattered for years.

Regards,

> On 21 Aug 2017, at 13:38, 'Dudley Horscroft'transitconsult@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

>

> Is there any real advantage in using these long, semi-flexible unpivoted point blades as against the old standard short pivoted and

> inflexible blades? It must be a bit more costly to machine such a length of rail to produce such a long taper.

>

> It is not as if trams take the corners at a high rate of knots - rather they still go around them slowly - the speed limit depends

> on the ability of passengers to remain standing rather than making a smooth transition to a curve.

>

> Regards

>

> Dudley Horscroft

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder]" TramsDownUnder@...>

> To: TramsDownUnder@...>

> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 6:16 PM

> Subject: [TramsDownUnder] The jinx strikes again [2 Attachments]

>

> > On 11/08/2017 5:44 PM, Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

> >>

> >> Mal Rowe - who seems to often come across minor incidents and wonders

> >> if he is a jinx

> >>

> > I'm getting a bit used to turning up and finding an incident!

> >

> > Today it was a 'slightly' derailed E at the corner of Spencer and

> > Flinders St.

> > http://tdu.to/6022_SpencerSt_19Aug2017.JPG

> >

> > I don't know if the car was intending to turn (as a football special) or

> > not, but it was just to the left of the actual rails - as you can see in

> > the marks adjacent to the rail at left in the second picture.

> > http://tdu.to/Points_SpencerSt_19Aug2017.JPG

> >

> > Soon after I noticed a line up of trams northbound on Queensbridge -

> > then saw a B being towed north by another B - no photo that time.

> >

> > Mal Rowe - building a reputation

> >

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