Trains With Rubber Tyres

[locojoe]

Just something I thought some people might find interesting.


http://www.emdx.org/rail/metro/principeE.html

[EuroStar]

Very interesting site, thanks for that, Locojoe.

[railwaybuddy]

very intresting site

will look again soon

thanks for that locojoe

[ccmmick]

Like the others say very interesting

Thanks locojoe
ccmmick.

[62440]

Very interesting. But what about Track Circuits?

Regards, 62440.

[railwaybuddy]

One of the very first "Michelines" was the "Lafayette", built in stainless steel by Budd

note this was taken from the website

budd is my last name:

daniel budd

[jayar]

Fascinating - thank you.

[priestpilot]

Oh yes Marc Dufour's website, I found a lot of interesting information about the Montréal Métro while I was writing a research paper about it. While Paris was the first city to use this technology, Montréal was the first to initially adopt it on the entire subway network.

This technology permitted having steeper grades and sharper curves for the Montréal Métro. Most tunnels between the stations "dips", which permits the trains to accelerate by aid of gravity, and same thing by slowing down while entering a station.

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Here is a photo I took of a tunnel going down leaving the station.

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