On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 2:55 PM Mal Rowe <mal.rowe@gmail.com> wrote:
On 04/11/2024 09:53, Mal Rowe wrote:
### The curves are exaggerated by the telephoto lens, they are not too bad.
The attached pic looks north - in the opposite direction to my photo posted on Nov 3 but from the same position.
Again there is a third track, but this time it is for use as a short working terminus when access to the CBD is blocked or for dumping 'dead trams' in peak hours for later retrieval.
Again the curves look bad - in part due to the telephoto effect but also due to the fact that they are bad.
There are no transition curves, just short simple curves joined by straight track.
I guess the excuse is that trams should be going slow in this location, but it's a rough ride - especially with fixed truck Combinos.
I suspect they were just copied off standard plans for crossovers -- and utilizing standard points and crossing frog components. Crossovers were approached from a standing start -- and in W class days, there were many drivers (especially running in to depot) who were ready to get into parallel notches as they came out of the trailing points!
Hal Cain
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