Re: Re: [Vicrail-News] new rail gauge for victoria,
Troy Mann
Tuesday, October 9, 2001 7:22 AM
Michael and other members,
I don't know about the rest of you, but a tram can
only be a tram if there are overhead cable for
electricity. If they remove that, then it will lose
for me all that a tram is, and won't look good.
Cheers, Troy
--- Michael Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
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On MMMs Buttscuttling (a local radio station
competition where people ring<BR>
in with gossip in the hope of winning a prize) this
morning, someone<BR>
claiming to work for the 'local' company which builds
/ installs the tram<BR>
tracks in Melbourne claimed that between now and the
Commonwealth Games in<BR>
2006, all the overhead tram lines would be removed and
the power provided<BR>
from an on ground system. He was pretty vague about
the on ground system and<BR>
the implication seemed to be that the power would be
provided similarly to a<BR>
model train ie power in one track and earth on the
other. He claimed all new<BR>
track laid recently had the capability for the 'new
system' built in.<BR>
<BR>
It sounds like a load of crap to me although he won
the $500 prize. My<BR>
questions to the more knowledgeable people are:<BR>
<BR>
1. Is there any truth in it? Are there plans to remove
the overhead wire?<BR>
<BR>
2. For interest sake, what are methods other than
overhead wire of powering<BR>
trams?<BR>
<BR>
Some obvious ones I thought of were the battery trams,
diesel engine powered<BR>
trams, a conduit underground with the power and I
think there is some system<BR>
with studs in the road. Any others? I haven't included
the model train<BR>
system for the obvious reason it probably woldn't be
practical from a safety<BR>
viewpoint (750V DC anyone...)<BR>
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I don't know about the rest of you, but a tram can
only be a tram if there are overhead cable for
electricity. If they remove that, then it will lose
for me all that a tram is, and won't look good.
Cheers, Troy
--- Michael Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
<HR>
<html><body>
<tt>
On MMMs Buttscuttling (a local radio station
competition where people ring<BR>
in with gossip in the hope of winning a prize) this
morning, someone<BR>
claiming to work for the 'local' company which builds
/ installs the tram<BR>
tracks in Melbourne claimed that between now and the
Commonwealth Games in<BR>
2006, all the overhead tram lines would be removed and
the power provided<BR>
from an on ground system. He was pretty vague about
the on ground system and<BR>
the implication seemed to be that the power would be
provided similarly to a<BR>
model train ie power in one track and earth on the
other. He claimed all new<BR>
track laid recently had the capability for the 'new
system' built in.<BR>
<BR>
It sounds like a load of crap to me although he won
the $500 prize. My<BR>
questions to the more knowledgeable people are:<BR>
<BR>
1. Is there any truth in it? Are there plans to remove
the overhead wire?<BR>
<BR>
2. For interest sake, what are methods other than
overhead wire of powering<BR>
trams?<BR>
<BR>
Some obvious ones I thought of were the battery trams,
diesel engine powered<BR>
trams, a conduit underground with the power and I
think there is some system<BR>
with studs in the road. Any others? I haven't included
the model train<BR>
system for the obvious reason it probably woldn't be
practical from a safety<BR>
viewpoint (750V DC anyone...)<BR>
<BR>
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+<BR>
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