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

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Jeremy Lunn" <spammers-will-die@austux.net> wrote in message
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> In article <st4fgtk4u6clubd71f36snslgcajmuluka@4ax.com>, Morphet wrote:
> > 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!)

I took that picture back around 1993ish. Route 70 is now only A and B class
trams, because it runs on light rail between Richmond and the City. They
don't use Z class trams on light rail because the pointy noses mean people
would have to step down between the tram and the platform.


Daniel
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