Re: Steepest train/tram line

["Ron BEST" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

The only runaways that DID end up in the water were from the Athol (Taronga
Zoo) wharf. There were 3, I think. The line wasn't steep, but got covered in
dead leaves, considerably lowering the adhesion. They built a buffer stop at
the bottom, but that didn't stop at least one runaway!

David Johnson wrote in message <366A7B06.CD76B85D@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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