Talk:Trieste–Opicina tramway

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No interlaced track[edit]

The double-track section below Vetta Scorcola is not actually interlaced/gauntleted (i.e. no rails cross): it is simply that in its upper part the two tracks approach each other very closely – too closely to allow for two-way traffic. I don't know if there is another technical term for such a layout. -- Picapica (talk) 15:35, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The term for interlaced track is is gauntlet track. Peter Horn User talk 01:53, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. My point is, though, that there is no gauntlet track on this section / the tracks are not interlaced. It's simply that the two running-tracks approach each other so closely as to foul each other's loading-gauge widthwise -- and I wondered if there might be a technical term for that. However, I think that between us we've now resolved the question; so, many thanks! -- Picapica (talk) 11:04, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why was the old cable tractors fitted with a pantograph and a driver?[edit]

And for what would they need a driver? I guess they had no brakes or any other mechanical implements that needed to be operated?

The only control of the cable would be at the motor room at the top station, perhaps directed by radio from the tractor. But why not just put the radio in the tramcar like they do it in the modern "tractors"? 84.210.36.17 (talk) 10:50, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]