> 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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Just thought i would confuse you more..
The Broken Hill Tramway was a railway but named a tramway because of the
monoploy on railways the government used to have.
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