Sounds like your trip is going well.

Years ago I did see tensioned TB OH in Russia. I have it on a tape — Somewhere.

Basically the TW passes through a slender neat fitting tube which is anchored to a side bracket arm. The end of the TW is the attached to the usual weights. A new TW then starts at the other end of the tube, and the poles just slide from one contact wire, along the tube, then continue with the new wire beyond the tube.

With Russia’s temperature extremes, such an arrangement would be handy.

> On 20 Sep 2022, at 12:49, Matthew Geier matthew@...> wrote:

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> Can't tension pole compatible overhead with weights. It's probably tight as a piano string in the middle of winter.

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> Nancy is really a guided trolleybus despite being referred to as a tram. Not all the route is guided, only 60% according to the Wikipedia entry.

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> At the exit of one of the termini, they appear to have removed a section of guide rail at some point. From the end of the rail, there is a clear set of marks in the road showing someone drove off the end of the rail with the guide wheels still down and then veered towards the footpath. I haven't got a good look at the other transition points, I expect there will be multiple sets of marks in the road...

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> One really noticeable thing was when running as a bus, even with the 'Kassel Curb', the gap between the vehicle and the platform was large. A wheelchair user would need a bridge plate. At the guided stops the gap was modern tram-like, with a small gap.

> Several stops had no platform at all and no kerb on the street. Step down to road level.

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> On Tue, 20 Sept 2022 at 01:39, Jeremy Wainwright jewiwa@... mailto:jewiwa@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Amazingly slack OHL!

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