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Re: Metroliner question
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 21 Feb 2002 08:42:13 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Adam Murtha writes:
> Since I'm train illiterate, I have a question about the Metroliner. What is
> the purpose of this piece (http://peeron.com/inv/parts/2881) the cantenary?
It is a catenary holder. Read this old thread:
http://news.lugnet.com/events/brickfest/?n=534
Scott A
> And I've been browsing amtrak.com to find some pictures of the real
> Metroliner, but the best I've found thus far is this:
> http://www.amtrak.com/trains/metroliner.html
> I'm sure there are better pictures around, can a real train head help a
> rookie out? :)
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> ~Adam
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| (...) Not wishing to sound pedantic but technically it's called a pantagraph. The catenary is actually the suspended wire above the railway which supplies power to the train. Mark (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Since I'm train illiterate, I have a question about the Metroliner. What is the purpose of this piece ((URL) the cantenary? And I've been browsing amtrak.com to find some pictures of the real Metroliner, but the best I've found thus far is this: (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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