Re: Re route numbers.
IS Edit
Sunday, April 7, 2002 9:18 AM
First of all the Ws design was kept even in the
early 50s because that was the hardest design to convert to one man
operation.
When they did decide they were going to get rid of
conductors, they installed a low voltage electrical supply, then a huge, heavy
serve yourself ticket machine on the centre platform.
That made the car heel to starboard from the
weight. So they installed a port side counterweight.
All that garbage started to foul the brake
rigging.
Hence the new air-braking system which uses air
lines to valves I assume are on the trucks.
And, to offset any fears by idiots, they have also
installed magnetic track brakes.
All this on cars that formerly had air-brakes that
worked without problem for 70 years, albeit their braking had been improved by
going to Ferodo brake blocks over the old cast iron shoes.
There had also been an attempt to put in self
adjusters on the old air brake system to get rid of the pit men who adjusted the
brake linkages every night.
The whole thing is an odyssey of
idiocy.
Bob Murphy
----- Original Message -----From: Herman R. SilbigerSent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 3:51 AMSubject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Re route numbers.Were they able to convert the Ws to operator only or are they using a
conductor?
demondriver44 wrote:
>
> As far as I know the combined route 112 was only a temporary measure
> until Ws were returned to service,it would have been logical to use
> route no.10 in the absence of a total revision of route numbers,why
> was 109 chosen for the through Port-Mont Albert service?I suppose it
> was a totally new combined route and there were no 40 numbers left as
> they all related[up to 47] to short runs/variations on City-Mont
> Albert.Maybe it is time for a revision of the route numbering
> system,last time that happened was November 1970.Does anyone have
> such a current list that could be posted to the files,I would be most
> interested,I can't remember them all.I suppose 112 relates to 109,and
> is really just an arbitrary selection.Herman,your photos were great
> but I'm going to have to invest in a better monitor and display
> card,make that a better computer.I will add a couple of Sydney maps
> to the files in the hope of attracting material on Australias biggest
> and best system.Regards all,Peter Bruce.
>
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