Re: [Melb] Swanston Trams Crash

["D. Lindstrom" <D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com>]

It's not the classic W class trams that are at fault it's people. Swanston
trams has altered the way that the brakes are maintained to save money. It's
this alteration, the installation of slack adjusters,  that is causing the
problems.
    I also heard today from an eye witness that two Melbourne Grammar school
boys ran across St Kilda Road in front of the Z. A master from the school
raced over to them and asked if they were all right. He thought they had
been hit by the Z.
    Whatever was following the Z had no chance of stopping. The accident had
nothing to do with the fact that the tram was a W.
David L.

"Evad Rehtona" <davemcl@AXE*THISiprolink.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Chris Gordon wrote:
> >
> > From the news:
> > ================
> >
> > Trams withdrawn
> >
> > Thirty old W-class trams have been withdrawn following an
> > accident yesterday that left a tram driver with a broken leg
> > and head injuries.
>
> Are the Yarra Trams Ws being withdrawn, too? Isn't there a particularly
> bad W in the Yarra fleet that often has brake problems?
>
> And what about the City Circle?
>
> One assumes this will affect services severely as there aren't enough
> post-1975 trams to cover all the scheduled runs.
>
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand