Re: Sydney Light Rail Slips Up!

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

David Bennetts (davibenn@pcug.org.au) wrote:
> According to this morning's Sydney Morning Herald, a light rail vehicle was
> making heavy weather of making the grade up to Central Railway concourse,
> with its wheels continually slipping on the wet rails, and passengers
> bailing out to perambulate up the hill at a faster rate.

> Whatever happened to sand, isn't it considered modern enough to fit sanding
> equipment to a light rail vehicle?

That would be too easy. Why have sand when you can have modern traction
control? :)

3000s had similar problems on the Belair line, especially during millipede
season. For a while there was a brief Red Hen revival as they had sand.

Cheers
David