On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 11:41 AM Robbie Smith zoqaeski@...> wrote:
> No there won't. If these kind of systems work perfectly fine in Germany,
> and have done for the last decade or so, then they'll work here. Australian
> drivers need to adapt to drive on a modern system, not a heritage tramway..
>
The catch is that Australian governments and their service contractors
don't respect the need for regular maintenance. Reliable operation calls
for reliable maintenance, and proactive not fault-response at that.
Hal Cain
>
> Conservatism in our transportation planning is holding us back.
>
> On Sat, 2019-05-11 at 23:19 +1000, Mick Duncan wrote:
>
> Gday Richard, All
>
> When run nos change points,there will be prangs and derailments
> as some moderm drivers cant be trusted to look at the blades
>
> Cheers, Mick, glad he had eyes and a bar
>
> On 11/05/2019 7:16 am, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder wrote:
>
> I understand your question Mick which I only pondered a few days ago.
>
> Obviously they are not ‘Automatic’ when drivers have to initiate their
> operation from the cab.
>
> Perhaps the title of ‘Powered Points’ would be more accurate, but decades
> ago when they were first introduced I expect that Automatic sounded more
> exciting. And old habits die hard.
>
> The ‘new’ technology (new to Melbourne, decades old in some places) about
> to be installed in Melbourne where the tram’s run number changes the points
> automatically will finally be truly Automatic Points.
>
> Richard
>
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