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Re: Trolley line automation
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 21 Aug 2001 15:51:54 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
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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? :-)
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> Yep...but, I _did_ phrase it as a special bonus Question :)
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> > I have no idea how they grounded them... conductive rubber tires? Static
> > electricity diffusers?
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> Na, they used a skate in a trolley track
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 know... I shouldn't encourage him.)
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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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