> On occasion if the normal trolley pole near the back of the tram
> became smashed, provided you got it out of the way of the overhead,
> usually by somehow lowering it, and putting it under the hook, you
> then went to the front pole, freed the emergency rope and put that on
> one side of the tram, sliding it up to the end, and used the normal
> rope to turn the pole around with your conductor operating one rope,
> and the driver the other, one person on each side of the tram, guiding
> the pole under the wire.
>
Here's a pic of that in action back in 2003.
Mal Rowe - passing by at the time
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