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To: lee martell

A couple of Melbourne trams - actually these ones are passing Flinders Street station in the background.

Melbourne has one of the largest tram networks in the world, in addition to our train network.

5 posted on 12/20/2017 11:06:38 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

Oh, those! We call them Streetcars in the cities near San Francisco. The local bus is called Muni, and I’m pretty sure I’ve seen those ‘whips’ in the air connected to cables.


11 posted on 12/20/2017 11:19:12 PM PST by lee martell
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To: naturalman1975

Looks like a publicity photo touting the new rolling stock with the older unit in the background. Note the 1970’s vintage RV air conditioning unit jimmied in there atop the cab.

Call it “the trolly” or “the tram.” Having “a train” requires a the capability to run variable-length consists of separable railcars. BART out here in the SF Bay Area would be an example.


96 posted on 12/21/2017 8:29:21 AM PST by HKMk23 (You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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To: naturalman1975

Oh...what we used to call trolley cars in NYC in the last century.


121 posted on 12/21/2017 5:31:40 PM PST by miserare ( Hillary--you lost! Get over it!!)
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