Re: [Melb] Will new trams draw too much current?

[spammers-will-die@austux.net (Jeremy Lunn)]

In article <st4fgtk4u6clubd71f36snslgcajmuluka@4ax.com>, Morphet wrote:
> They will have to add a new substation!   Currently when a few to many
> trams in the last section of the 109 (and Wattle Park) the trams
> suffer a power loss (passengers can tell because the lights go down
> and all the trams within view are going 15 kmh) 
> 
> Both these routes use A-Class trams which use a lot less power than a
> B-Class.

I thought that Wattle Park (route 70) uses mostly Z class trams in off
peak and B2 class trams in peak.
http://www.railpage.org.au/tram/images/z3i.gif
(that photo looks like wattle park too!)

As for 109.  I assume you mean the Mont Albert end of the line. 



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