All trams suck. It really doesn't matter two tugs, what the fuck type of pole they use to harness power from the line. They're all slow, uncomfortable, jerky, sqeeky, spine-rattling pieces of shit. They cause a major traffic obstruction in modern Melbourne. They might have once been a good idea- back in the 1860s.
Like so many other things medieval that Australia still clings to, these are another classic example, of something that should go and join the dinosaurs, several feet under.
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I am pretty pissed off to see pantographs replacing trolley poles in Melbourne's trams. At least the vintage trams on the City Circle and the restaurant tram should have retained the use of trolley poles. Pantographs are just too out and weired on vintage trams, as they don't belong to the same era!!
events like poles coming off the wires do happen, sometimes out of sheer bad luck, but not always and not so often. i still think they should retain the use of poles at least on the vintage trams like the city circle trams.
I agree with you jemdude22, replacing the old trolley poles with modern day pantographs on the W class trams doesn't look right. The trolley poles did sometimes come off when they went around a corner, but the driver just had to put it back on the powerline. How did they cope for so many years? My nana remembers when she used to go on the tram in Essendon and they would go around the corner in Fletcher street and the trolly pole would come off, but the driver just had to put it back on again.
Exactly, the classic W class trams look odd with pantographs. Occurrences like poles coming off and putting it back to the wire are part of the tram culture and tradition. By the way, I used to live in Hong Kong and it was very rare to see the tram boom coming off the wire, even when it's going through intersections and corners. To date, HK trams still use poles like they did since 100 years ago.
All trams suck. It really doesn't matter two tugs, what the fuck type of pole they use to harness power from the line. They're all slow, uncomfortable, jerky, sqeeky, spine-rattling pieces of shit. They cause a major traffic obstruction in modern Melbourne. They might have once been a good idea- back in the 1860s.
Like so many other things medieval that Australia still clings to, these are another classic example, of something that should go and join the dinosaurs, several feet under.
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jkt368 1 year ago
What are vintage trams and the hole thing about getting mad about thr trolly poles
Nycdude58 3 years ago
I am pretty pissed off to see pantographs replacing trolley poles in Melbourne's trams. At least the vintage trams on the City Circle and the restaurant tram should have retained the use of trolley poles. Pantographs are just too out and weired on vintage trams, as they don't belong to the same era!!
jemdude22 4 years ago 2
they took them off because they fell off wen they went around corners
loookatme123 3 years ago 2
events like poles coming off the wires do happen, sometimes out of sheer bad luck, but not always and not so often. i still think they should retain the use of poles at least on the vintage trams like the city circle trams.
jemdude22 3 years ago 2
yeah
loookatme123 3 years ago
I agree with you jemdude22, replacing the old trolley poles with modern day pantographs on the W class trams doesn't look right. The trolley poles did sometimes come off when they went around a corner, but the driver just had to put it back on the powerline. How did they cope for so many years? My nana remembers when she used to go on the tram in Essendon and they would go around the corner in Fletcher street and the trolly pole would come off, but the driver just had to put it back on again.
melb223 3 years ago 3
Exactly, the classic W class trams look odd with pantographs. Occurrences like poles coming off and putting it back to the wire are part of the tram culture and tradition. By the way, I used to live in Hong Kong and it was very rare to see the tram boom coming off the wire, even when it's going through intersections and corners. To date, HK trams still use poles like they did since 100 years ago.
jemdude22 3 years ago 2
What a wicked ad! Despite how they have changed over the years, im glad they still ring the same kinda bell.
summerwind1974 4 years ago 3
It would not be the same if they got rid of the classic bell that dings away :)
djduke28 4 years ago
Yeah the bell gong is tradition! Can never lose the tram bell gong. :)
spectrelives 3 years ago