Re: HK trucks
Greg King
Monday, August 27, 2001 8:01 AM
Hi Matt,
When I was enquiring about the trucks for the project I was on, they offered
a belt driven or piston driven compressor which would lead me to assume they
use both.
They use Maley Taunton Manual Lap brakes the same as Glasgow used in the
Cunarders. A very effecient brake too. the new cars are very nice for what
they are and certainly look far superior to the horrors that Blackpool have
turned out in recent years! I make no appology for that either, they are
bloody awful! Anyway, I believe they are planning air con for them, much
needed in their stinking hot summers and with those new large windscreens,
pity the poor motorman.
HK is an excellent system, often overlooked by fans, it has fantasticly
complex track work and the whole thing works like clock work, don't forget
the equally complex LRT lines on Kowloon (New Territories) that melbourne
built for them in 1986-87.
Greg
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:17 AM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] HK trucks
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When I was enquiring about the trucks for the project I was on, they offered
a belt driven or piston driven compressor which would lead me to assume they
use both.
They use Maley Taunton Manual Lap brakes the same as Glasgow used in the
Cunarders. A very effecient brake too. the new cars are very nice for what
they are and certainly look far superior to the horrors that Blackpool have
turned out in recent years! I make no appology for that either, they are
bloody awful! Anyway, I believe they are planning air con for them, much
needed in their stinking hot summers and with those new large windscreens,
pity the poor motorman.
HK is an excellent system, often overlooked by fans, it has fantasticly
complex track work and the whole thing works like clock work, don't forget
the equally complex LRT lines on Kowloon (New Territories) that melbourne
built for them in 1986-87.
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Austin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:17 AM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] HK trucks
I noticed that a few of the Hong Kong cars had 'Brush' axleboxes. Thetrucks
looked pretty sparse, and I couldn't work out the braking system, I didn'tHK
hear the usual compressor sound at any time. The two (or is it more) new
cars were a surprise, double deck single truck cars, of course, but quite
modern looking. I only saw them going the other way, they seem to utilise
bus technology, although they are the logical conclusion of development of
the single truck, double deck tramcar.
Matt
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