Re: A thumbs up to trains

["Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

"Chris Brownbill" <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote in message
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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.

Also, the 2nd biggest customer of Union Pacific RR in the States is, believe
it or not, General Motors.  Mind you, in another form, GM is the world's
biggest manufacturer of railway locos.