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Re: Steepest train/tram line

Subject: Re: Steepest train/tram line
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 23:39:34 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <3667e077.0@news.camtech.net.au> <01be1fcf$81f10420$554c0acb@davibenn.pcug.org.au>
Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

David Bennetts wrote:

>  The steepest tram line in Sydney
> was that down to Darling St wharf in Balmain, here trams pushed a dummy car
> (connected to a counterweight hauled in a tunnel by cable) down the hill to
> the terminus. The dummy assisted the tram back up the hill.

It was there more to make sure they stopped when they got to the bottom.  If the
tram's brakes failed, It would not become an anchor.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

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