Re: [TramsDownUnder] SW6 Dash canopy

Getting back to the question why, my recollection of the received wisdom (picked up in AETA circles in the mid-50s) is that dash canopy lighting was adopted to make the trams more visible to other road users, given that the streets plied by trams were generally well enough lit for the conventional headlight to be of no great benefit to the driver. This theory is supported by Tony G's examples from Montreal, where the livery of the cars would have made practice match theory better than, as Mal has pointed out, was the case with the MMTB's hawthorn green, but where, in the outer reaches, a conventional headlight was a necessity.

JWW

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Sent: Friday, 29 November 2024 3:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] SW6 Dash canopy

 

On 29/11/2024 15:30, Mal Rowe wrote:
>
> What that diagram does not show is how the 'missing' headlight was
> compensated for in that circuit.
>
Answering my own question ...

My guess is that there were actually 7 lamps under the canopy with the
centre lamp being the 'missing headlight".

Mal Rowe - inspired after posting.

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