News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Buses

[monotonehell]

And this is why I say... rail for the win!

Because you know they work so well in the wet with leaves on the track, and trying to climb hills and when there's high heat and the rails buckle, and when there's a problem on the track and buses have to rescue all the passengers...


Rubber wheels are the superior being!

[jk1237]

we want metal wheels please mr monotone

any reason why they can't fit little guider wheels on the rear axis wheels, to stop the tyres skidding into the track.

[jk1237]

I think i meant rear axel oh i dunno what Im on about

[monotonehell]

...oh I dunno what I'm on about.

Hoisted by your own petard.

[fabricator]

And this is why I say... rail for the win!

Because you know they work so well in the wet with leaves on the track, and trying to climb hills and when there's high heat and the rails buckle, and when there's a problem on the track and buses have to rescue all the passengers...


Rubber wheels are the superior being!

No matter what wheels you have, you still can't climb stairs.

[monotonehell]

No matter what wheels you have, you still can't climb stairs.

ELEVATE!

[jk1237]

Ive now got that awful screaching ELEVATE computer voice in my head.

Ive never looked closely before, but thats a like a plumber style suction cap on one of its apendages

[jk1237]

or was it EXTERMINATE Im thinking of

[The Scooter Guy]

Here's a better shot of the Volgren Scania at Tea Tree Plaza. Taken in 2002, courtesy of The Phonj

[witsend]

Here's a Scania bus from another country fitted with genuine guidewheels!:

Scania Omnicity at Paradise Interchange - Picture courtesy of Eddy Howell

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Why is that funny?

Because its a photoshop job, or because the doors are on the wrong side !

I can confirm for you that it is a LH Drive Scania Artic, used for trials. It is not a Photoshop Job. Apparently, it was quite weird entering the track from the wrong side of the bus.

[Aidan]

In fact, one of the Mercs (numbered 581) used to have guide wheels on the front, middle & rear axles! This was prevent the tyres scrubbing but unfortunately, the middle and rear guidewheels kept hitting roundabouts & high kerbs!

That's interesting - I thought I knew a lot about the O-bahn, but I hadn't heard anything like that at all.

Do you know how the guidewheels were mounted? Normally they're connected to the steering mechanism, but as the middle and rear axles don't have this, there must've been some other arrangement. Did they try to make them able to withstand hitting roundabouts and high kerbs?

[muzzamo]

I saw a new artic on currie st last week. It was similar to the new artics that southlink use down south, but it had guide wheels and double doors

[Hooligan]

I saw a new artic on currie st last week. It was similar to the new artics that southlink use down south, but it had guide wheels and double doors

None of the new order are on the road yet

[jk1237]

I saw a new artic on currie st last week. It was similar to the new artics that southlink use down south, but it had guide wheels and double doors

yeah I also get confused caus I think its new, but the one you saw is the one that has been in service for a couple of years now. Aparently its too shaky which is why there is only 1

[Hooligan]

I saw a new artic on currie st last week. It was similar to the new artics that southlink use down south, but it had guide wheels and double doors

yeah I also get confused caus I think its new, but the one you saw is the one that has been in service for a couple of years now. Aparently its too shaky which is why there is only 1

Ahh, That was a prototype built more than 12 months ago.