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Re: A thumbs up to trains

Subject: Re: A thumbs up to trains
From: Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 15:51:31 +1000
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tony bailey wrote:

> Having said that of course, there could very easily be a place for electric
> powered deliver vehicles running on Trolley Bus overhead or on tram tracks -
> they have existed in the past!
> 
> --
> Tony Bailey
> Mercury World Travel
> Mercury Travel Books
> mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au

I read that in Dresden, Germany, a new Volkswagen factory is about to open, and supplies of car components will be delivered to it by a fleet of brand new freight trams operating on the existing electric metropolitan street tramway network.  Particularly interesting given that its a car company!

Chris Brownbill.

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