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Re: Alternatively powered train

Subject: Re: Alternatively powered train
From: billbolton.REMOVE-To-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 02:07:59 GMT
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On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 01:51:59 GMT, John Wilson <wilsonjohn@home.com>
wrote:

>And to pull it back to North America, I remember reading something about
>a New York Central third-rail electric / battery locomotive for
>switching on the West Side Line in New York City, where the batteries
>allowed it to go off the main tracks on sidings with no third rail.

The Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee (the "North Shore") also had
several similar trolley wire + battery locomotives for switching
unwired track.

Cheers,

Bill

Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia

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