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

["Johann Fan" <jyf@optusnet.com.au>]

"Jeremy Lunn" <spammers-will-die@austux.net> wrote in message
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> In article <aoghgt0t5u3slpvr9p3kv25p5cet5ueu5g@4ax.com>, Morphet wrote:
> > Since the Exhibition Street extension opened a few years ago Z's
> > cannot run on the #70 because they cannot stop at the  raised
> > platforms at the Tennis Center & M.C.G.
> >
> > Because the front step of a Z is on a angle, it was considered unsafe
> > because lemmings could fall between the tram and the platform
>
> Interesting.  Just shows how observent I am.  I don't use route 70 much.
> I've noticed that route 72 is always Z except for the other day when I
> got a B2 on this route.  Years ago there was W class trams on route 72.
> Damn I miss those W class trams!! just the rattling they made as they
> went over the junction and the fact that their bell sounds real!

Route 72? you mean 75 now?

> >>As for 109.  I assume you mean the Mont Albert end of the line.
> >
> > yep, and have you noticed that you never see a Z doing 109's (raised
> > platforms on the light rail)
>
> Yes I've noticed that there's mostly As on route 109.  I don't really
> recall seeing Bs on 109 either.

There's the occasional one that runs from Southbank Depot (I think)...

cheers
Johann