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Re: Swanston Trams & W-Class
- Subject: Re: Swanston Trams & W-Class
- From: James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:56:00 +1000
- Distribution: world
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Victorian Railfan Web Site - http://www.railpage.org.au/vr/
- References: <3944a4c7.848377@news.one.net.au> <39462BD5.EA886F5E@harnessnet.com.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:12047
Craig Haber wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, dropping sand on the tracks is a move to increase
> traction, so saying that dropping sand on the tracks will help is implying
> that the W's are *locking* their brakes. Is this indeed the alleged
> problem?
On channel 9 they claimed the sand was insulating the wheels from the
track and somehow this would electrocude people. I'm guessing they think
it might happen when people are getting on or off, because I don't see
how it can happen when they are on the tram.
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