Re: Pantographs (was Re: MBTA BREDA Light Rail Cars)

[billbolton.REMOVE-To-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)]

On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 14:51:45 GMT, wauer@qspr03.tuwien.ac.at (Wolfgang
Auer) wrote:

>>Melbourne's trams are all double-ended as there are no turning loops...
>
>By the way, an extremely remarkable aspect of the largest tram system
>in the formerly western hemisphere...

The Australian tram systems, past and present, have always used double
ended trams and terminal loops were quite rare.  Most lines terminated
at a crossover or single track stub in the middle of the roadway.
There are/were also relatively frequent crossovers along the routes
for short workings.

Cheers,

Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia