[PRCo] Re: Fwd: Streetcars All Over the World - Zurich (2)

[robert simpson]

Thanks Bill;
 
Didn't thnks about that and was thinking about propulsion - not stopping.
 
Thanks for the additional links.
 
Bob
 
 
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--- On Thu, 9/18/08, Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca> wrote:

From: Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: Streetcars All Over the World - Zurich (2)
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 3:15 PM

Zurich has a short 1.3 km rack railway called the Dolderbahn which climbs a
mountain and serves a hotel.  What you see between the rails is a device to
prevent a run-away down the grade. It is 1000mm and runs on 600v.