Re: B2 Failure 09/04

[matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)]

In article <01be86fa$2c019600$1900007e@mmc>, mmc <mmc@hyperlink.net.au> wrote:
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>mmc <mmc@hyperlink.net.au> wrote in article
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>> B2.2062 (i think!) failed at the corner of Victoria St and Elizabeth St
>> approx 1500 09/04. 
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>> From what it appeared the pantograph had snapped. I think repair crews
>> tried to fix it, but eventually B2.2073 (again, I think..) towed it back
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>> the depot.
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>B2.2062 was seen back in service approx 2100 14/4.
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 Ive watched a crew replace the bent pan on a B2 outside the Melbourne
convetion centre a couple of years back. Z's , A's and more B's were 
gathering behind as a crew climbed up onto the roof and man-handled
a replacement pan up the ladder and swapped it in, then threw the broken
one over the side and packed up as the line of trams passed.
 I presume the entire job was done with the overhead energised, as there
was a queue forming behind them.