Re: scrubber car no 10

The only important feature the press release has missed out is Track
scrubbing? Is it a feature of the "Swiss Army Knife".

As a note of interest many Tramways such as Wellington and Auckland
had hand held grinder sets that vaguely ressembled an awkward looking
wheelbarrow, so there is nothing new about a "Non flanged" grinder.

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "southernhealth2001" <b.weedon@s...>
wrote:

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "groompg" <groomp@s...> wrote:

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "southernhealth2001"
<b.weedon@s...> wrote:
. . .
I presume the replacement

vehicle is a truck rather than a tram.

. . .

Its hard to imagine how a rubber-tired vehicle could be an
effective scrubber (or "rail grinder" in the US), even with a
hi-rail" set up.

Weren't the Melbourne scrubbers out almost every day in the
'80s?

Peter Groom

M-Tram has released details of the replacement vehicle. The
following has been extracted from the Mediaa releases section of M-
Tram's web site.

Brian Weedon



"The new vehicle has been nicknamed the `Swiss Army Knife' it has

so

many features. The biggest advance in this vehicle is its `high

rail'

facility. It can either run along the rails as a tram does or ride

on

standard tyres, leaving the rails free to be cleaned.



Features of the new vehicle:

A rubbish nozzle which sucks ups leaves and other rubbish alongside
the tracks
An on-board high-pressure cleaning system which allows maintenance
staff to clean graffiti from signs and tram stops
A boom hose specifically designed to clean the areas below ground
which house the point equipment at track intersections
A full width suction nozzles, which runs across the back of the
vehicle specifically to lean (sic) the tracks of debris.

The new vehicle is owned and operated by Thiess Infraco, M>Tram's
infrastructure maintenance partner."

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