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Re: 80th anniversary of suburban electrification

David Bromage wrote:
> 
> Roderick Smith wrote:
> >
> > Of course, the terms have become muddied in recent years with the phrase
> > 'light rail', adopted by tram systems to overcome public stigma of the
> > traditional term.
> 
> Lucky we don't have the British "light railway" to add to the confusion.
> 
Even when we do have light railways as in the canefields of Qld, they
are colloqially called trams anyway!

Barry Campbell