Re: Z1 Car No. 1 (trying again)

[cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin GORDON)]

: A properly working
: catcher will catch the
: rope after the pole
: strikes the first span
: wire and will then hold
: the rope lower than all
: the next span wires.  In
: Melbourne though, more
: often than not the catcher
: would not catch since it
: has not been properly
: wound and the trolley
: poles would just bounce
: merrily from one span to
: the next.  I will advise
: on whether Number 1 still
: has catchers when I next
: see it,

No.1 does not have the catchers.  I have seen it (only yesterday)

I have also seen a number of poles come off the wire and the catchers
work.  They are quite good.  It is funny to see a pole at the right height
and angle but no wire above it holding it in place.

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Chris Gordon
http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord

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