From: jock@soccer.com   
      
   On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:19 +0200, Marc Van Dyck   
    wrote:   
      
   >bob brought next idea :   
   >>   
   >> I do wonder the extent to which power independence is useful for a tram,   
   >> though. On a trolleybus, the utility is clear, but if you need tracks to   
   >> run a tram on, the restrictions of being tied to an overhead wire are not   
   >> significant. The only use case I can see for them is in locations where the   
   >> visual intrusion of overhead power is undesirable.   
   >> Robin   
   >   
   >A second possible usage is at crossings between different transit   
   >systems, for example a tram line and a trolleybus line.   
      
   I've wondered how Yarra Trams in Melbourne handles that situation,   
   where its system crosses tracks of the region's electrified heavy-rail   
   network.   
      
    has in recent years posted several photos of at   
   least one at-grade crossing to .   
      
   Unfortunately, Giganews seems only to have archived the past 12 months   
   and none of his postings in that time show the example.   
      
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