Scorch mark beneath the Newmarket railway bridge on route 57
Tuesday 12 February 2013 18:11 PMViewed 864 times
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Fibreglass trunking protecting the Newmarket railway bridge from the tramway overhead
Tuesday 12 February 2013 18:11 PMViewed 959 times
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Insulated fibreglass trunking for the overhead wire passing beneath a low bridge
Friday 8 February 2013 08:21 AMViewed 925 times
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Scorch marks on the bridge protection beam over route 57 on Racecourse Road
The result of a truck hitting it and caught fire on January 25, delaying both trams and trains
Thursday 31 January 2013 18:11 PMViewed 928 times
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Electrical insulators with spark damage on the right hand side
On the southbound track at Elizabeth and La Trobe Streets
Wednesday 11 July 2012 14:41 PMViewed 1278 times
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Electrical insulators with spark damage on the left hand side
On the northbound track at Elizabeth and La Trobe Streets
Wednesday 11 July 2012 14:41 PMViewed 1184 times
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Fibreglass trunking protects the contact wire as it passes under a bridge
Beneath the Flinders Street Viaduct at Queensbridge Street
Wednesday 14 March 2012 16:09 PMViewed 1161 times
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Southern end of the overhead feeder cable on Elizabeth Street, at the Flinders Lane intersection
Wednesday 14 March 2012 15:25 PMViewed 1112 times
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Modern style overhead on the Airport West extension of route 59
Sunday 11 March 2012 12:05 PMViewed 852 times
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Looking south along route 59 along Matthews Avenue, Airport West
The overhead wiring is lower than normal, due to the threshold of runway 08 at Essendon being just a short distance away
Sunday 11 March 2012 10:45 AMViewed 838 times
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Complicated double wire overhead on Elizabeth Street at Bourke
Thursday 23 February 2012 08:55 AMViewed 1120 times
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Web of old-style overhead on the Swanston-Elgin Street curve
Wednesday 22 February 2012 17:30 PMViewed 766 times
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End of the double overhead wires, at Elizabeth and Queensberry Street
Each track has once contact wire, with a secondary feeder wire running above it, linked by jumper cables every so often.
Wednesday 22 February 2012 16:29 PMViewed 1277 times
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Double overhead wires on Elizabeth Street at La Trobe Street
Each track has once contact wire, with a secondary feeder wire running above it, linked by jumper cables every so often.
Wednesday 22 February 2012 16:21 PMViewed 1346 times
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Modern style light rail overhead at the outermost end of route 86
Saturday 18 February 2012 15:59 PMViewed 883 times
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Pantograph only fittings support a curve in the overhead
Friday 17 February 2012 18:43 PMViewed 848 times
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Pantograph only fittings support a curve in the overhead
Friday 17 February 2012 18:40 PMViewed 726 times
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Tramway overhead junction of William and Bourke Street
The 'H' crossing is powered by Bourke Street, the overhead on William Street is isolated from it, with the two pieces being joined by insulated feeder cables
Monday 13 February 2012 09:04 AMViewed 769 times
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Extra low overhead wiring along Matthews Avenue, Airport West
Once upon a time the overhead in this section was de-energised except when a tram was using it, due to low flying aircraft at Essendon Airport. The work was done in 1954, but is no longer operational: http://tdu.to/164533.msg?sid=69399
Saturday 29 October 2011 10:30 AMViewed 894 times
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Detail of the crossing pan at a 'H' crossing in the overhead
Monday 7 March 2011 09:10 AMViewed 1099 times
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'H' crossing in the overhead
Monday 7 March 2011 09:09 AMViewed 953 times
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Overhead power turned off south of Ballarat Road on route 82, due to the platform stop construction at the Footscray terminus
Sunday 27 February 2011 14:35 PMViewed 1222 times
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One half of a double track 'H' crossing (so it is one contact wire crossing two others)
Wednesday 2 February 2011 17:38 PMViewed 1141 times
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Detail of the crossing pan on the intersection of two contact wires
Wednesday 2 February 2011 17:38 PMViewed 1382 times
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