Re: Tait Trains

["Ron Bennell" <ron.bennell@qr.com.au>]

I was an overhead wiring designer on the Melbourne UG loop project.  I
recall that all design people were REQUIRED to read a report about an under
ground fire in a stabling area in Toronto.  It listed some twenty odd
materials that contributed to the fire.  I cannot recall a written
directive not to use these materials, but there was a big problem getting a
design approved that contained even a small amount of a burnable material.
Later when I worked on the overhead grease train, it was understood that
the train could never go into the underground; we rationalised that trains
in normal service would work the grease from aboveground mainlines into the
underground.

Ron

Derick Wuen <cullend@webone.com.au> wrote in article
<3759e77e.0@iridium.webone.com.au>...
> 
....
> At the time the Melbourne loop opened, "official" word filtered north
that
> the Tait cars were banned from loop. The filter filtered out whether it
was
> unions or administration or both which were "behind" the policy.
> 
> Coincidence of age, image, safety probable real reason, if not "official"
> reason.
>