Re: Launceston
  Mal Rowe

On 17/04/2021 16:55, Anthony Dudley Horscroft wrote:
> Is the tram able to push the power wagon on return trips or does this have to be moved to the other end of the tram, - as per horse car practice?  Or is the line a loop at present?

>

As Yuri explained, the generator trailer is permanently attached and is pushed for operation in the opposite direction. (Pic attached).

The other place I have seen this is at the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway in British Columbia where the same applies.

See: https://tdu.to/i/37782 ; - and https://tdu.to/i/38071 for the 'hidden genset view'

Mal Rowe who reckons that the Fraser Valley people have been quite creative in their decoration of the genset.

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