Re: [TramsDownUnder] The facts are coming out

I did a Circular Quay run at lunch time. The trams are free today (Although for many users who have to come in from else where, it isn't much of a saving and may make no difference to their weekly PT bill at all if they regularly hit the $50 cap). There are still many APS dead spots (despite a weekend close-down for 'trackwork'), but looking at the condition of the APS rail and the insulated sections, there is a considerable amount of soot on them - that has to come from some where. I wonder how fast the APS shoes wear?

The Wynyard emergency crossover looks nearly bad enough to actually tear shoes off. It does have a 10km 'TSR'.

The traction batteries on the Sydney 305s are saving APS by hiding the faults and allowing operation over faulty segments. (The battery is actually referred to as the APS battery, not a traction supply battery)

The white plastic light bars on the front are starting to look a bit sad - they definitely didn't choose an Australian Sun rated plastic to make that part.