Re: Panto on SW5.856

W Classes and Pantos, we tried this once before and it failed,

why all

of

a sudden do they think it will work again.,

No idea. I'm disappointed really, because W's are pole trams.

They always

have been, and always should be. The arguments against poles are

driver

convenience (ie lazy drivers) and overhead alignment.

The W's have been modified so heavily over the last 5-10 years they

are

beginning to lose their charm.

Sorry Andy,

But I take offence to the "Lazy Drivers" comment, I train people on
these cars every day and, you obviously have not had to try and
retrieve a damaged pole with a broken rope in the middle of a city
intersection, it's not about being lazy, it's downright dangerous and
it really screws up the service! It was mentioned it was tried before
and didn't work, rubbish, it was tried on car 891 and the union nuked
it because of the way the pan was raised and lowered, the pan worked
fine.

As for their character, as an enthusiast, I too like poles on the
cars but, we have a system that is 95% panto and need to have the
overhead modified to better suit the pans to stop expensive damage
and excessive wear being caused by frogs and the like.

Until the 70's, Milan's cars were all pole and looked lovely now,
with pantos, they still look lovely, you just get used to it, the
charater of the car is more than just the poles, it is the only way
we will keep them in service.

And please, don't sink to blaming driver's for this, it has nothing
to do with them at all!

Citadis




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