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| (...) Looking good! Glad to see the pics. later, James Mathis (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.trains, Kevin Wilson writes: snip (...) Tucson has a small but functional trolley line running around the University of Arizona area. It is complete with trolley tracks and overhead power lines. It's just a tourist type attraction since (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| <snip> (...) </snip> Lar, I would imagine that the busses are using A/C power which wouldn't require an abrupt change in current flow as a DC circuit would in the reversing loop (as long as phase A and phase B are open in the same exact place). That (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) That's really interesting--because I found a ton of information on catenaries (spelt correctly now, heh) by typing in that incorrect name in Google/Yahoo. Apparently it's not a LEGO-based flub, but it must predate the part. best LFB (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) Vancouver still has electric buses too, though for how much longer, who knows. Some city streets still have the trolley lines embedded too (and they are a ^%#%$#^ to drive over!), although the trolleys have (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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