Gday Noel

I heard the St Georges Rd water main was wood and thats why
the tram lines wernt put on top of them, but beside them

Cheers, Mick

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From: 'Noel Reed'noelreed10@... [TramsDownUnder]
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Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 1:25 PM
Subject: RE: [TramsDownUnder] Cable tram brakes [Was: Long trams with low floor entrance serving Brunswick]

Mal Rowe recently explained that main water supply pipes were under the St Georges Road reservation near Preston workshops where they were parallel with the tram tracks. Are electrolysis prevention arrangements used there ?

Noel Reed.

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Sent: Sunday, 8 November 2015 12:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Cable tram brakes [Was: Long trams with low floor entrance serving Brunswick]

G’day Noel,

In addition to link and pin, cable cars also had safety chains, and for an inspector to find these not connected was a serious offence, which would lead to downgrading.

On slot bolts, there was only one crossing that they applied to (St Georges Rd) and no further information has been found as to how long they lasted..

The only recorded accident on that crossing was caused by a train, following which the driver was subsequently dismissed.

Regards

Kevin

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Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 10:54 AM

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Subject: RE: [TramsDownUnder] Cable tram brakes [Was: Long trams with low floor entrance serving Brunswick]

My query in a previous post to TDU was the precaution taken to avoid a runaway trailer if a coupling

pin was dislodged by accident or by the action of a misguided youth when the cable set was ascending a hill. The conductor in the trailer may not have been able to attend to the hand brake if he was collecting fares.

A feature at cable tram / railway level crossings on the inner circle railway were interlocked ‘slot bolts’ instead of tramway catch points. When the level crossing was closed against road and tram traffic, bolts under the track would be moved across the cable slots. I am not certain whether the bolts were regularly tested, but it would have been interesting to see the result of an out of control cable tram due to ‘cable strand bunching’ encountering a closed level crossing.

Noel Reed.