On Dec 21, 6:09*pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

harry wrote:

Until one breaks down. Then the interesting inability of trains to
overtake comes into play.

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Tim
That is where trolley buses come in.
I've never seen a trolley bus overtake another one on the same pair of
wires..

Dickhead

Is it possible in a pinch that the driver could pull down his
pantograph, drive round the stricken trolley-bus, and connect up again?

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Hello ****wit. The broken down bus disconnects his poles and all the
others can then pass. Breakdowns are very rare there is only one
moving part in the motor.