Gday Noel, All

In the "W" days, you could go through floods if the water didnt get above
the bottom of the axle box, 5 MPH and foot on the lifeguard pedal

Cheers, Mick, who once unblocked a drain under the railway bridge
in Swan St. newspaper over grate.Water gone in 5 mins

On 26/04/2017 8:26 PM, 'Noel Reed'noelreed10@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
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> Thanks Yuri,

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> In Melbourne at low points on roadways and under bridges where trams operate, is there a specified depth of floodwater above which trams are prohibited from running ?

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> Are there roadside depth markers for guidance of tram crews ?

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> On the NSW tramways there were water depth markers on span poles to indicate the maximum safe depth for trams to proceed. Sections prone to flooding were on the old single line from Botany to La Perouse and at Lambton [Newcastle] where the Wallsend tramway pass ed under a colliery railway.

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> Noel Reed.

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