Re: [TramsDownUnder] Sydney Tramway Museum - VTF 2025

Do you know how much trial running was done?

That it was a one man car used suggests that fitting the bow was a way of avoiding dewirements that the conductor would normally be there to deal with.

It's noteworthy that around the same time Adelaide was trialling pantographs and a Fischer bow on the Glenelg line.

Tony

On 24 Feb 2025, at 22:49, 'Robert Thomson' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:

In 1933-34 One Man Dreadnought No. 129 was equipped with a Fischer bow collector. The overhead between Paddington Depot, Rainworth terminus and Wharf Street City was altered to allow its use.

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On 24 Feb 2025, at 7:12 pm, 'Tony Galloway' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Thanks for reminding me it was the Rainworth line Peter.

I didn't know a bow collector was actually fitted to a Brisbane car, good to get new information.

Tony

On 24 Feb 2025, at 18:32, 'Peter Hyde' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Dreadnought No 129 was fitted with a Fischer Bow Collector in 1933 for use on the Rainworth line. The overhead was also altered in the inner city area where the Rainworth service terminated,  as well as to the Milton Workshops.

Peter Hyde 

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On 24 Feb. 2025, at 5:26 pm, 'Tony Galloway' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Brisbane converted the overhead on one line to be bow collector compatible, the fittings remained until the line was closed.

This happened around 1930, but likely due to the Depression the actual test operation never happened.

Someone from Brisbane could remind me which line it was, my memory fails me on that at the moment.

Three of the four Brisbane trams at Loftus existed at that time, it'd be interesting to know what cars BCC contemplated fitting with a bow.

Tony

 On 24 Feb 2025, at 18:03, 'David Batho' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com> wrote:
 
 Nice.
 
 David
 
 
 On 24 Feb 2025, at 6:00 pm, Mal Rowe <mal.rowe@gmail.com> wrote:
 
 
 On 24/02/2025 17:12, 'Matthew Geier' via TramsDownUnder wrote:
 I'm not aware of any car in the SPER collection that should have a bow collector. (I could be very wrong though!)
 
 Closest to a bow collector is perhaps the panto on Berlin 3007.
 
 Mal Rowe on the spot at the time
 
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