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| (...) If you're talking about F line, I rode it from one end to the other, changing cars several times by waiting for the next one at intermediate stops (1). Fun ride, it's worth doing if you're in SF and it's cheap too. It has reversing loops at (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Ah, but some only had one pole. Now, for the bonus answer, how did they earth them? :) James P (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) What did I tell you, people! Some incredibly geeky and small thing in my answer would be incorrect and James would be the one to point it out. Do I know how to call them or what? :-) I have no idea how they grounded them... conductive rubber (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Yep...but, I _did_ phrase it as a special bonus Question :) (...) Na, they used a skate in a trolley track!-also, Melborne, Aus. had problems when the road works crews tore out some old trolley track, and lights went out...it turned out, that (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hehe There is an old truism the MR freelancers trot out when the rivet counters give them a hard time... No matter how bizzare, if you dig hard enough, there is probably a prototype for it somewhere. So what city was this in? (I know, I (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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