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Re: slr and historical trams
- Subject: Re: slr and historical trams
- From: David McLoughlin <davemcl@AXE*THISiprolink.co.nz>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 07:57:39 +1200
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Church of Janice Christ's Latter Day Killfile
- References: <880frv$it9$1@news1.mpx.com.au> <38a3f504@dnews.>
Brett Baker wrote:
>
> Firstly to get other trams onto the tracks cranes would have to be used as
> there is no track access from the suburban system.
>
> There would also be voltage problems as the current SLR uses 750Vdc compared
> to the standard suburban system which uses 1500Vdc.
Ummm, Sydney's old trams used 600v DC. With at most simple modification,
they could operate at 750vDC.