Re: W-Class trams with steering :-)

Christopher_Martin GORDON (cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au)
8 Apr 1998 03:21:29 GMT

The Z, A, and B do have a sort of stearing in the points control. They get to
chouse left or right. I remember going on the o-barn (busway) for the first time
and the once the driver got to the guided section just sat back and read the paper
I couldn't work out how the bus was stearing itself. The stearing wheel was moving
just as it should but without hands. I found out after I got off.

Chris Gordon

David Bennetts (davibenn@pcug.org.au) wrote:

: Dave McL <davemcl@iprolink.co.nz> wrote in article
: <352A9DDB.779C@iprolink.co.nz>...
: > Mike Alexander wrote:
: >
: > > >
: > > > Drivers are also concerned about the system's control units being
: placed
: > > > directly above their heads in the cabin,
: > > > forcing them to take both hands off the steering to adjust them.
: > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >

: Not the first time trams have been reported as having steering. I remember
: a TV program with a beauty contest winner blurting out that a tram driver
: let her steer the tram. Maybe she had her hands on the brake wheel. Many
: kids were also seen on Sydney red rattler trains steering the carriage with
: the brake wheel.

: Maybe the reporter went to Zurich where trams do have what looks like a
: steering wheel as a controller. I don't how the drivers there react when
: they get into a car.

: As an aside, I know there were problems in Sydney retraining trolley bus
: drivers on diesel buses. The trolley buses had the brake pedal where the
: accelerator would normally be, and vice versa.

: David Bennetts
: Canberra

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