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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> I think there are other airport transport systems which also use tired
> vehicles.
Yes, many! Adtranz is a very common supplier, Matra has a VAL 256 at
O'Hare, and a 206 at Orly in Paris. A few airports have Otis HOVAIR
shuttles, including CVG and Detroit's new McNamanamnamnamnra terminal. In
fact I rode that one for about 3 hours tonight.
I seem to remember seeing pictures of the Paris subways with tires. If
> I'm recalling right, they had horizontal tires also which run against
> the walls of a guideway.
The Paris system is really such crap. It's really ugly, including Metor
(line 14). For a really good example Montreal's Metro cannot be beat.
Iain
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