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Luas gauge question?

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    #32
    RicardoSmith
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    A Dub in Glasgo wrote:
    How did they get from the docks to the depot?

    jlang wrote:
    Split into sections and lift onto on the back of a lorry.... ;)

    I'd guess.


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    #33
    MrPudding
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    Yeah by lorry. My GF was getting a ferry from France and was talking to the blokes that were bringing them over.

    MrP


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    #34
    sliabh
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    MrPudding wrote:
    Yeah by lorry. My GF was getting a ferry from France and was talking to the blokes that were bringing them over.

    MrP
    I will make no comment about your GF chatting up truckers on the ferry :D


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    #35
    Victor
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    optiplexgx270 wrote:
    What a complete and utter geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!!!!!!!!
    The word is tram spotter. :D
    A Dub in Glasgo wrote:
    The term kinematic envelope is better than loading gauge and it is how I understand it.
    Is "kinematic envelope" = the safe distance between the shock force between the fronts of two passing trains?
    optiplexgx270 wrote:
    you light rail spotter.
    Oi! Thats me. :D


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    #36
    MrPudding
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    Yeah. You can imagine how happy I was when I heardeek.gif

    MrP


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    #37
    Victor
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    RicardoSmith wrote:
    I thought they too heavy to transport via road.
    You can apply for a permit for moving extra heavy loads. They moved a 300 tonne generator from the port to one of the new power stations last year.

    In any case half a tram would only weigh 20-30 tonnes.


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    #38
    RicardoSmith
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    Victor wrote:
    You can apply for a permit for moving extra heavy loads. They moved a 300 tonne generator from the port to one of the new power stations last year.

    In any case half a tram would only weigh 20-30 tonnes.

    Didn't realise they were that light!


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    #39
    bus77
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    The story Í heard was the trams had differnt gauges because one is reuseing the old harcourt street line.


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    #40
    A Dub in Glasgo
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    Both trams have the same track gauge (distance between the rails). The Sandyford tram is using the old Harcourt Street alignment.

    Victor - The term Kinetic Envelope is hopefully best described by the following Q&A

    http://www.railway-technical.com/Q-and-A-page.html#Structure-Gauge


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