Re: Trolley buses...
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Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:48 AM
I worked for three public transport undertakings.
Every one made you train on a route before you operated it in
service.
Trolley bus operators are as aware of their
overhead as tram motormen are of the track ahead of them-and the overhead. When
I was driving trolley buses, I tried to keep the ropes vertical in the rear
windows on turns and other trolley bus line crossings as that maximised the
chances of the poles staying on the wire (no lateral force). You develop a
consciousness. And if you blow it, you've got to get out and put the poles back
up. If you've run out from under the wires, the bus has got to be pushed back to
them. You wouldn't make a habit out of it.
If you were on a heavy trolley bus line, your
follower would be onto you before you got going again and you'd be doing his
work for most of the rest of the trip. It wasn't a matter of idiocy but of
paying the penalty if you blew it. It kept you motivated and
focused.
There was no physical mechanism to keep trolley
buses under the wires. Other than the driver who is supposed to have his vehicle
under control at all times.
Bob Murphy
----- Original Message -----From: johnmccandlessqldSent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 10:23 PMSubject: [TramsDownUnder] Trolley buses...This may sound like a daft question, but what was there to stop
trolley buses from wandering off the road and dewiring themselves?
Was there anything in place to prevent this, or was it just taken for
granted that drivers wouldn't be silly enough to do that... Have i
been living in the "idiot-proofed" era for too long?
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