The photo seems to show a normal procedure when the trolleybus routes diverged. It was necessary for the crew to move the pickups from the old route's power suppy to the new one.
decnine - yes I think that's what they are doing. When in Derby I'd watch them, although I didn't see it being done like that. I'm told that on the bend by Burton's clothing store, a pole occasionally came off and crashed into the store window, but I never saw that. The store put up wire mesh to prevent the window from being broken.
The man up top has a safety harness, the bus has rubber tyres and the long tool he is using is non-conducting. There is only a high voltage hazard between one overhead wire and the other. Not to earth / ground. We have all seen birds resting on high voltage wires. No danger. They might get a buzz out of it.
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I guess that's why they were called conductors.
ReplyDeleteSam - good point, maybe they will return with electric buses.
ReplyDeleteThe photo seems to show a normal procedure when the trolleybus routes diverged. It was necessary for the crew to move the pickups from the old route's power suppy to the new one.
ReplyDeletedecnine - yes I think that's what they are doing. When in Derby I'd watch them, although I didn't see it being done like that. I'm told that on the bend by Burton's clothing store, a pole occasionally came off and crashed into the store window, but I never saw that. The store put up wire mesh to prevent the window from being broken.
ReplyDeleteThe man up top has a safety harness, the bus has rubber tyres and the long tool he is using is non-conducting.
ReplyDeleteThere is only a high voltage hazard between one overhead wire and the other. Not to earth / ground.
We have all seen birds resting on high voltage wires. No danger. They might get a buzz out of it.
Doonhamer - and with a short run, the long pole would allow him to vault neatly up onto the open window.
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