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Re: LIRR: Third rail vs. catenary |
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Posted by Fytton on Wed Dec 13 06:01:51 2006, in response to Re: LIRR: Third rail vs. catenary, posted by RonInBayside on Mon Nov 6 14:22:05 2006. "If it is so incredibly superior in all aspects to third rail, the subway could have used it."The point about tunnel clearances has been made in other posts. However, some European metro systems (Barcelona, for example) *do* use catenary throughout. If a metro system has any above-ground operation, though, a major disadvantage of catenary comes into play: the damn things blow down in high winds! |
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