Camberwell Depot had CW5 cars, see attached. Our Maximum Traction cars at
Ballarat are slippery enough on dry level track. The CW5s would have been a
handful on a frosty early morning on Wattle Parks.
I wonder if the reversed trucks on Brisbane Droppies made a difference.
They had some hilly roads there. They certainly were no slouches on level
track and I don't remember noticing any wheelspin. Can't find my copy of
Destination Valley, can anyone tell me what motors Droppies had?

Regards,

Peter Bruce.

On 16 December 2017 at 23:32, Mick Duncankitbuny@...
[TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> Gday All

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> Max trax cars on the Melb Wattle Pk line faced 1/15 grades

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> Cheers, Mick

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> On 15/12/2017 4:01 PM, Richard Youltressteleg@...

> [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

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> Greg,

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> Did maximum traction cars ever normally work down there? If not, does

> anyone know the steepest grade in Australia regularly used by such cars.

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> Anyway, assuming that a maximum traction car had about 2/3 the adhesion of

> a car with all axles driven, a similar ratio would be relevant for modern

> cars.

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> One of the northern Brisbane routes, maybe Stafford, where it rejoined the

> main line back to the city, had to climb a considerable grade just before

> the junction. To my surprise, the Droppie never lost its feet starting on

> the steepest part.

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> It would be nice to prove today’s know-alls wrong.

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> Regards,

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> Richard

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