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From: nels@astrovax.UUCP (Nels Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: subways / European rail (really turnstiles)
Message-ID: <708@astrovax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 10:43:38 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 15 10:43:38 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jan-86 01:48:01 EST
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Reply-To: nels@astrovax.UUCP (Nels Anderson)
Organization: Princeton Univ. Astrophysics
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Summary: 


Speaking of de-electrification, what is it that make electrification
attractive or feasible in some cases?  Are some passenger lines
electrified because the higher speeds make electric operation
economically preferable, or is it that diesel technology does not
permit such speeds?  Why was it once desirible to haul freight with
electric locomotives, but apparently no longer is?
-- 
Nels Anderson 			Princeton University, Astrophysics
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