Gday Dudley / All

Broken off check has caused derailments when the check goes across the
running edge.

Cheers, Mick.

----- Original Message -----
From: <hecain@...>
To: <TramsDownUnder@...>; "Dudley Horscroft"
<transitconsult@...>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Bad track (was: Boston (MA, USA ) in 1982)

> Quoting Dudley Horscroft <transitconsult@...>:
>
>>
>> Actually, the track shown was in good condition for Calcutta. I
>> have seen sections of track where the groove had completely worn
>> through, and in one spot the 'check rail' had become broken, and a
>> foot long piece was sticking up vertically into the air. Good for
>> dissuading bullock carts from driving on the tracks.
>
> In the early 90s, there used to be a couple of bits of track in Royal
> Parade/Sydney Rd where the flangeway was worn down so far into the
> groove that the check had separated, and in one or two places was gone
> completely. Not to mention my favorite, on the up at Grattan St,
> where the head of one rail was collapsing. It took several months
> after I first noticed this before site was patched with a couple of
> lengths, only on one rail. I wish I had a photograph.
>
> No need then to go to India see track collapsing for want of
> investment! Whatever the problems now, some things have improved.
>
> Hal Cain