Re: Re: Trolleybuses Down Under

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Sunday, February 24, 2002 2:00 PM

You think that's bent, Don, you should see the English Left Hand Drive half-cab mirror image buses they built for export markets such as Portugal.

Even the engine was built in mirror image so it could fit in the off-centre engine bay. And the driver's cab, of course, was on the opposite side to what we have here and in the UK and Hong Kong, India, NZ etc etc.

I'm from San Francisco originally and I had a real problem getting on trams here in Oz for awhile. They are mirror image left/right and fore/aft since they are double-ended and have centre doors on both sides. Tried to get on the wrong side more than once. And I wasn't even stoned.

Bob Murphy

----- Original Message -----

From: Don Ross

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Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 6:11 PM

Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Trolleybuses Down Under

I am thoroughly enjoying the discussion of etb's down under, but it is kind of a shock to this guy from the northern hemisphere to see vehicles with the doors on the "wrong" side. Trams don't have that shock since so many had the doors in the middle or on all four corners. Don Ross Irving, Texas [email protected] Visit our web site http://donross.railspot.com [email protected] Check out the New New Electric Railway Journal http://www.trolleycar.org/ [email protected]

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