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

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>]

Bill Kinkaid wrote in message <36990268.360665743@news.bctel.ca>...
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>>>> Now you have grabbed my attention.  Can anybody list the places in
>>>> Australia where tram lines terminated in a loop?
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>You've grabbed mine too. I grew up in Toronto, where places where streetcar
>lines DIDN'T terminate in a loop were unusual. Is/was street loopings the
>norm Down Under, or how else would they do it?
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>Bill in Vancouver
>(delete EAT-SPAM-AND-DIE
>from e-mail address to respond)
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Balloon loops at terminii were not the norm. Trams (streetcars) were
double-ended and all that was required was to arrive at the dead-end, raise
the trolley pole at that end, walk to the other end and lower the trolley
pole, then drive away from the other end.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia