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Old 06-01-2010, 07:31 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
are the overhead wire guys in bed with the electric utility? They would have no motivation to upgrade in any event, sans regulation.
If its anything like here the "overhead wire guys" are the utility(my job btw). All of the freight trains I have seen over here are hybrids, we do have a light rail downtown for passenger traffic but we only supply 12k volts to them, they own the rest.
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