On Sunday 24 April 2005 11:41, Peter Williams wrote: FJW> > -----Original Message----- FJW> > From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FJW> > FJW> > ...is cable car also called "tram"? For the records, in Russian it is FJW> > called "tramvai" which comes of course from "tram-way", simply FJW> > pronounced differently. FJW> > FJW> FJW> Tram, cable tram, trolley, trolley bus, cable car... FJW> FJW> These particular ones are like the ones they used to have FJW> in Melbourne and Geelong (Australia). There is a continuously FJW> moving cable in a trench between the tracks, a driver operated FJW> mechanism grips the cable and the tram (cable car) is pulled FJW> along till the gripper mechanism is released. FJW> FJW> -- FJW> Peter Williams FJW> FJW> FJW>
In the Netherlands it is called a tram. Several cityes have this, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht. A trolley bus here is an electrical bus, it it powered through power lines that hang above the pavement, but it rides like normal busses, so there is no rails. Only in the city of Arnhem. -- Frits W�thrich
