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Re: 4561 modifications
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 2 Dec 1999 10:56:08 GMT
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> Boston is interesting because it has all 3, and because one authority (the T • or
> MTA) operates all three.
So does Toronto. (although 2 operators) RT, Subway, GO train, Streetcar.
Also, if you go to Rockwood, where all the good old streetcars go, you would
find out about the light rail that went out that far. As late as the 1948, the
TTC had a streetcar that ran to Richmond hill from downtown. As well, the Long
Beach line still is more of a suburban line than most other surface streetcar
lines are, being about 30 min each way on its own right of way for most of it.
As a aside, all the TTC surface (streetcar) lines are to 4 10 1/2 not 4 8 1/2.
James Powell
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| (...) Yes. Time for a little lesson: Commuter: rolling stock built to freight/passenger railroad standards, typically operates on freight right of way (ROW). Couplers typically interoperate with freight/amtrak stock. Power is usually locomotive (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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