I can understand why Ms Moore did not want overhead wires in George Street
if they would have looked anything like these.
Andrew.
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On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 16:33, Greg Sutherland gregsutherland@...>
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> Mal, Mal
>
> You just don't understand or appreciate the level of light rail
> expertise applied by TfNSW in extensions to the Inner West Light Rail
> (IWLR).
>
> And it is not just in the location shown in your photo.
>
> The line continues through the tunnel beneath the vegetation shown in
> the central background.
>
> Attached photo 1a shows a view of your location taken from the opposite
> direction.
>
> Photo 4a shows the track continuing west through a rather deep cutting.
>
> Photo 7a shows a close up of the overhead treatment in the cutting.
>
> It needs to be remembered that the original heavy rail goods line in the
> corridor carried grain and export coal tonnages and in its latter days
> featured electric loco haulage with 1500 DC electricity supply.
>
> All the original OH and support structures were removed to make way for
> the light rail and "new" OH was installed. Look at all those lovely
> 'aesthetic' masts as also feature in your photo.
>
> As shown in my photos there are significant cuttings along the track but
> do we install span wires from rock face to rock face and minimise the
> need for ground construction? No we go for lots of concrete placed in
> formwork for mast foundations in quite difficult access locations for
> ready mixed concrete trucks and lots of expensive and aesthetic masts
> trucked in at great expense.
>
> 2a shows a close up of a mast and its proximity to the cutting face.
>
> Its marvelous what you can do with (almost) limitless funding.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>
> On 12/10/2020 1:58 pm, Mal Rowe wrote:
> > On 12/10/2020 12:46, David Walker wrote:
> >> It also provides an interesting contrast between the impact of
> >> railway and tramway overhead.
> >>
> > In some places ... !
> >
> > Mal Rowe - attaching a photo from a city with better beaches
> >
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