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Re: what is the use of a caboose?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:02:05 GMT
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Lawrence Wilkes wrote:
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> And trolley buses still operate in Boston (I'm curious, is there any
> city which has a greater variety of mass transit systems? About the only
> thing Boston doesn't have is a monorail [though they also don't have
> Chicago style interurban, though the Budliners were close, also no
> hydrofoil, and no high speed electric rail, no bullet train, and
> traditional trolleys are no longer operated]).
Philadelphia probably has the same variety of transit options that Boston
has. They still have those goofy electric SEPTA busses to the best of my
knowledge.
Mike
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| (...) I suspect the guards van doesn't have the same romaticism as the caboose because it wasn't so much a living quarters. Trains are also heavily romanticized in the US because of their role in developing the nation (we wouldn't be arguing about (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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