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  Re: Metroliner question
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: Metroliner question
 
(...) 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. (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)

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