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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 16:00:31 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes:
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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.
Sydney has (in rough order of actual usefulness):
conventional bus,
heavy rail (suburban and interurban trains),
ferries (various conventional and catamarans),
light rail (trams recently re-established on the outskirts of the CBD),
and a monorail. The latter two are pretty much for tourists and advertising.
What are we missing out on?
--DaveL
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| (...) Ok, let's see if I can list all the types Boston has (I am including some types Sydney certainly has): subway light rail (both above and underground) (subway and light rail above ground run both on dedicated right of way and in the median) (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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