Re: Re: Getting a vintage tram system going in Melbourne

I'm amazed that after a hundred years of near standard braking on
"conventional" trams, it has been found necessary to change the whole
principle on which it is based. I do, however, find it amusing that it is
Westinghouse that is doing the work.

Bob Murphy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg King" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Getting a vintage tram system going in
Melbourne

Hi Pete,

Similar, the cars run clockwise and counter clockwise around the outside
streets of the city Spencer, La trobe, Spring and Flinders. They run every
day from 10 till three untill all the W's are back them they will revert

to

10-6 as they do all weekend, the service is free, hence no ticket machine

to

screw up the brake rigging.

Contrary to what other posts have intimated, the project is well under way
to reinstate the cars, admittedly, the companies don't want them and it is

a

condition of their franchise. The reason for the long drawn out delay with
the "route" or green cars is, the CC cars are restricted to 25kph, the

green

cars won't be and they want a more effective braking system and

Westinghouse

has developed a new truck mounted brack cylinder actuator system that
removes the need for any rigging on the car at all, as soon as this is
perfected on car 983, the rest will be done quickly, being overhauled as

the

trucks get done, this is ongoing as we speak. It is proposed that all cars
are to be on the road by June/July, all Yarra's drivers are to be

retrained

by March, I don't believe there is the need for all this as the previous
problems were all "percieved" rather than real but with all the hype, the
government had no choice, there was a large group of drivers who did'nt

want

to drive them and strangly, it was only those that had trouble with

them!!!

I am having a meeting with someone about the museum situation soon and I
intend to cover all aspects of traditional cars at that time, when I know
something, so will you guys.

Greg

Further to my post #1183 wherein I discussed how to get a vintage tram
system started--and a booster group, many of you have mentioned City

Circle.

Since this has W class trams on it, this may be a good place to start.

I'm

not really aware of what City Circle does. Sounds like it may be like

San

Jose's daytime Transit Mall vintage operation.

Milantram

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