Scratchbuilt "HO" scale trams
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Presumably it is important that the overheads are placed in exactly the right spot in relation to the points. If the pole drags off to the side too long either before or after the tram has made the turn, then it's a de-wirement. I wonder how well that would work in minature without either the mass or the pressure……………:hmm The poles are spring loaded but not with too hefty springs.
I do remember the conductor having to get out and swing the pole to the opposite end of the tram by the rope whenever you reached the end of the line but I can't recall any de-wirements but as you say Rick, they must have happened.
'Petermac
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also making sure i did not get my bike wheels in the tracks .
You had to be careful of the railway tracks in Devonport Dockyard, too. There's the old joke about 'Why are you late reporting on board?' 'Please Sir, I got my bike stuck in the railway track and had to go to the end of the line to turn round and come back…..'
Doug
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I can't recall any de-wirements but as you say Rick, they must have happened.
I joined the Melbourne tramways in 2000 at which time we still had quite a number of trams with poles fitted. The driver (as Melbourne no longer had conductors) had to lower one pole and raise the other at each terminus which - on a tram equipped with poles at each end - has the same effect as swinging a central pole around.
The correct mode of operation, known as "trailing pole" was thus ensured. It was not permitted to move with the pole raised in front of the tram, known as "spearing pole" though in emergency the leading pole could be swung right round to trail.
There were some dewirements as well. Typically in the middle of a busy intersection at peak time :oops:
All of our trams (the oldest operational one of which dates from 1938) now have pantographs fitted though many were built new with poles and converted later.
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The trams look great by the waythumbs
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