Re: HK trucks

Greg,

I wrote an article about Hong Kong's public transport systems about 10 years
ago after several trips there. A throwaway line in the story was my
description of Hong Kong as the only place the English managed to make the
trains run on time in the second half of the 20th century.

I was very impressed with their subway system.

There is just no room for error with public transport in a place with Hong
Kong's population density.

Hong Kong and Berlin are my two favourite towns for public transport and
public utilities systems. The density of the systems is amazing.

Bob Murphy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg King" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] HK trucks

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
----- 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. The

trucks

looked pretty sparse, and I couldn't work out the braking system, I

didn't

hear the usual compressor sound at any time. The two (or is it more) new

HK

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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