The Tram Driver

by David Tudor, hardbacked, 72pp, £20

CONTENTS:

PREFACE

1  BASIC PRINCIPLES
    1.1    Safety First
    1.2    Taking Care
    1.3    What a Tramcar Can and Cannot Do
    1.4    The Effect of Weight
    1.5    What You cannot Do

2  PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE
    2.1    Basic Electrical Theory
    2.2    Electricity and the Tramcar
    2.3    Schematic of a Four-Motor Tramcar
    2.4    Brakes
    2.5    Important Mechanical Details of the Tram
    2.6    The Tramway and its Overhead Installation
        2.6.1    The Tramway Track
        2.6.2    The Overhead Line Installation
        2.6.3    Tramcar Current Collectors
    2.7    Signalling Equipment

3  THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF TRAMCAR DESIGN
    3.1    Improving the Brakes
    3.2    Improving the Speed
    3.3    Interlocking Controllers and Brakes
    3.4    The PCC car and Contemporary Developments
    3.5    Developments from 1945 to 1960
    3.6    The Latest Generation

4  OPERATING THE EQUIPMENT
    4.1    The Tram’s Controls, and Other Equipment
    4.2    Low Voltage, and Compressed Air Systems
    4.3    The Tramway and its Equipment
    4.4    The Tramway’s Overhead Line Equipment

5  ABNORMAL INCIDENTS
    5.1    Fire
    5.2    Loss of Power Supply
    5.3    Grounding
    5.4    Electric shock
    5.5    De-wirements and Derailments, O.H.L. Failure
    5.6    Collision with another Tramcar
    5.7    Road Traffic Accident
    5.8    Dealing with Passengers
    5.9    Reporting of Incidents/Accidents

6   LEAVING THE DEPOT
     6.1    Pre-Service Checks
        6.1.1    Tram Exterior Features
        6.1.2    Current Collector
        6.1.3    Lifeguards
        6.1.4    Boarding the Tram
        6.1.5    Tram Interior
        6.1.6    Electrical & Pneumatic Equipment
        6.1.7    Miscellaneous Equipment
    6.2    Tramcar Movements

7  EVERYDAY DRIVING
    7.1    Normal Service
    7.2    Permanent Way Work
    7.3    At the Terminus
    7.4    Poor Weather Conditions
    7.5    Single Line Working

8  RETURNING TO THE DEPOT
    8.1    Other Duties

9  SHUNTING AND ABNORMAL MOVEMENTS

APPENDICES

BIBLIOGRAPHY