When is a Tram a Tram?

Peter Degotardi (peterdeg@au1.ibm.com)
Sat, 15 Nov 1997 19:59:36 -0500

I'm in Adelaide at the moment doing some work.
I had a few hours free this morning, so caught the tram to Glenelg.
(sp?)

So here I am on the Tram, wondering "Why is the a Tram, and not a
Train?"
"It's on a dedicated rail corridor for most of its length, it travels at
(relatively)
high speed (Compared to Melbourne trams), it is multiple (2) carriges"

I know it's a fairly stupid question, but makes a tram a tram, and not a
train.
(This has been irritating me all day - harrassed by a nonsensical
question in
the back of my mind)

BTW. The carriages bring back memories of the old diesel rail cars we
used
to have running between Richmond and Riverstone - I liked them because
of
the large, deep leather seats they had. The NRMA hated them though as
they
were regularly called out to jump start them at 4.30am.

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