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

[arthur marsh <marsh@ties.itu.int>]

I thought that at least some of the Adelaide trams had turning loops in
the city e.g. before 1958 the Glenelg tram had a loop terminus in Victoria
Square.

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, John Dennis wrote:

> 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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