Ha. Loving the puns.

David

> On 11 Feb 2023, at 7:56 pm, Malcolm Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:

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> The point bar is dropped into a socket in the roadway and pushed across.

> See: https://tdu.to/i/34530 https://tdu.to/i/34530

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> Modern point bars are longer and have handles to avoid the technique shown in my 1967 photo.

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> Mal Rowe - making the point

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> On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 9:35 PM David Batho dbatho@... mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

> Okay, so how are the Melbourne ones used?

>

> David

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>> On 11 Feb 2023, at 7:33 pm, Malcolm Rowe mal.rowe@... mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

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>> True of Sydney, where they used locally manufactured railway style points on the old electric system, but not of Melbourne or any other Aussie system that I am aware of.

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>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 8:47 PM David Batho dbatho@... mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

>> Thank you, Mal. For some reason I thought it would have a hook on the end.

>>

>> David

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