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Re: Pantographs (was Re: MBTA BREDA Light Rail Cars)
On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 22:18:50 GMT,
billbolton.REMOVE-To-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton) wrote:
>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.
Now you have grabbed my attention. Can anybody list the places in
Australia where tram lines terminated in a loop?
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