Re: Route 70 Tram (Melb)

[Peter Deighan <s1440217@student.anu.edu.au>]

Geez, that brings back a vague memory.

I always thought it had something to do with the  taxi rank.  I am trying to
place the location,
and I think you are referring to between Swanston and Elizabeth, heading west?

I doubt if a message on the kerb would have been all that helpful for a cable
car gripman.
( sorry, dont know the non gender specific term)
Plus, why would he have needed to drop the cable there?  Only reason I can
think of would be to
leave one cable and pick up another, but doubt that would have happened there
( don't have copy
of "mind the curve" with me at the moment., but am pretty sure that cable was
continuous to end
of Flinders St)

deegz


Roderick Smith wrote:

> ...
>
> I don't know about 'Disengaged car', but I could guess at 'Disengage car':
> a hint to gripmen to drop the cable before the intersection?
>
> ...
>
> Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote in article
> ...
> > Secondly, about 50m further West down Flinders St in the South side road
> kerb on
> > the footpath there is a wonderful bluestone gutter block with 4" brass
> letters
> > inset into it saying "Disengaged Car".  What is this?  Does it have any
> tramway
> > relevance?