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Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Dynamic Braking on Tram No. 977", 10/09/1954

  • "Dynamic Braking on Tram No. 977"

    "Dynamic Braking on Tram No. 977"

  • Contents page

    Contents page

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    Report - scanned as pdf, not all appendices

  • "Dynamic Braking on Tram No. 977"
  • Contents page

Historical information

Report on W6 class tramcar No. 977, 40 pages including appendices and charts, plus one bound drawing and one loose drawing, titled "Dynamic Braking on Tram No. 977". Dated 10 September 1954. Report looks at the effectiveness, wear, use and suitability of dynamic braking on trams. Gives results with comparisons to other tramcars. Document partly scanned, excludes some appendicies.
People involved were: J Barry, I Coates, E Collins, G Drummond, G Foster, L Fouvy, S Hopkins, R Ken-Allen, J Miller, C Steele, B White, report signed by C L Steele Investigating Engineer, A Hines for Testing Engineer.

Significance

Yields information about the development and testing of dynamic braking on remote control tramcars by the MMTB.

Physical description

Document bound within a manila cover stapled with red adhesive tape, 40 pages + loose drawing R9222.

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