Aussie trams all look the same!
Bruce Gamble
Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:48 AM
Just trying to provoke my friends across the pond!
Actually we love them in Auckland, mainly because of
the spare bits and pieces we find over there.
Just to prove we do love Aussie trams the last pic of
the set attached, shows our Melbourne W2 321 ("Brutus"
because it's much bigger than our other cars!) nearing
the end of a 3-year, 9,500hr, $40,000 in materials
rebuild. It will be stunning when completed as
evrything including extensive structural work has been
redone to a very high standard.
The first pic of the set is for Andrew Young - shows
the oldest car in our fleet (of 20 8 running). Brush
built No.11 of 1902. First car to be erected and run
under power in Auckland. We believe that its Brush
type D trucks are now unique - only their earlier
relatives on Manx Electric being similar. These were
always only 2-motor cars. Our line has a 1:20 (5%)
grade and on wet morning wheel spin can be a problem.
Go knows how they got up the Parnell Hill which was
11.3% (1: 8.8)in the old days! We were changing a
motor in this shot.
Next pic is of one of the last Auckland cars No.248
(Streamliners) built 1938 on EMB L5 lightweight trucks
- of type as discussed in an earlier message on this
group.
Now just to rev the Christchurch boys and their
out-of-control PR machine, this piece of line was
built in 1980 in a public roadway reserve, so although
it is connected to the museum line, the Western
Springs line is well ahead of Christchurch tramway in
the "new street tramway" league. In this shot we also
have a stray Wellington (600 km to South) bus,
courtesy of G Anderson who took th photo.
I wonder if I could go back and enquire whether anyone
has firm information on the possible Chinese source of
traditonal dc traction motors (and controllers?). Put
another way, where is the equipment for expansions of
the HongKong fleet coming from? The idea of someone
building this equipment in China is fascinating!
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Actually we love them in Auckland, mainly because of
the spare bits and pieces we find over there.
Just to prove we do love Aussie trams the last pic of
the set attached, shows our Melbourne W2 321 ("Brutus"
because it's much bigger than our other cars!) nearing
the end of a 3-year, 9,500hr, $40,000 in materials
rebuild. It will be stunning when completed as
evrything including extensive structural work has been
redone to a very high standard.
The first pic of the set is for Andrew Young - shows
the oldest car in our fleet (of 20 8 running). Brush
built No.11 of 1902. First car to be erected and run
under power in Auckland. We believe that its Brush
type D trucks are now unique - only their earlier
relatives on Manx Electric being similar. These were
always only 2-motor cars. Our line has a 1:20 (5%)
grade and on wet morning wheel spin can be a problem.
Go knows how they got up the Parnell Hill which was
11.3% (1: 8.8)in the old days! We were changing a
motor in this shot.
Next pic is of one of the last Auckland cars No.248
(Streamliners) built 1938 on EMB L5 lightweight trucks
- of type as discussed in an earlier message on this
group.
Now just to rev the Christchurch boys and their
out-of-control PR machine, this piece of line was
built in 1980 in a public roadway reserve, so although
it is connected to the museum line, the Western
Springs line is well ahead of Christchurch tramway in
the "new street tramway" league. In this shot we also
have a stray Wellington (600 km to South) bus,
courtesy of G Anderson who took th photo.
I wonder if I could go back and enquire whether anyone
has firm information on the possible Chinese source of
traditonal dc traction motors (and controllers?). Put
another way, where is the equipment for expansions of
the HongKong fleet coming from? The idea of someone
building this equipment in China is fascinating!
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