The Man in the Right Place at the Right Times....

A few interesting points.

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

Also looking at those point blades, I certainly would not have tried to drive a tram through them in that condition. Clearly they are split due to silting.

At the Operations Centre 18 months ago I was told that this left turn was booked out of use as no regular service made that turn any more. Was the driver marking that turn with authorisation?

Had R9 been sent out to make sure the junction was fit for use?

Regards,

> On 19 Aug 2017, at 6:16 pm, Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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

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>> Mal Rowe - who seems to often come across minor incidents and wonders if he is a jinx

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

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

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

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> 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

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> 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.

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> Mal Rowe - building a reputation

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