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Re: Metroliner question
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:02:29 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Scott Arthur writes:
> 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?
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> It is a catenary holder. Read this old thread:
> http://news.lugnet.com/events/brickfest/?n=534
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> Scott A
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> > 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
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
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| (...) I have no issues whatever with sounding pedantic. :-) It's "pantOgraph".. and technically the catenary is the carrier wire, not the power wire. See my glossary, referenced from the front page of this newsgroup. (25 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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