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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!nic.umass.edu!dime!roo.cs.umass.edu!pop
  2. From: pop@cs.umass.edu ( Robin Popplestone )
  3. Newsgroups: rec.railroad
  4. Subject: Welding trains to tracks
  5. Message-ID: <58159@dime.cs.umass.edu>
  6. Date: 31 Dec 92 13:44:13 GMT
  7. Sender: news@dime.cs.umass.edu
  8. Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  9. Lines: 7
  10. Originator: pop@roo.cs.umass.edu
  11.  
  12. A subject of recent experiments in Britain has been to ascertain how many
  13. megawatts the international trains for the Chunnel can suck out of a 750
  14. VDC third rail supply without welding themselves to the track. This of
  15. course is necessitated by the government's refusal to finance the building
  16. of a high speed link.
  17.  
  18. Robin
  19.