While tripping merrily through the mail, Wes Leatherock was overheard
 WL> Why not just use electric buses, as are still being used in
 WL> Dayton, are being considered for use in several other cities, and were
 WL> common in Dallas when I lived there in the 1950s?
 WL> Surely the 1950s are within the purview of the "OLD CARS"
 WL> echo.
 WL> There are also electric "light rail vehicles" (LRVs), i.e.
 WL> the modern version of the street car, also electric powered.
 WL> Eliminates both the diesel engines and the tremendously costly
 WL> (and generally not yet very satisfactory) battery technology,
 WL> including the costs in trying to build and dispose of batteries.
Unfortunately, "Trolley busses" are limited in where thay can go, and the
cost of maintaing the "overhead" wiring is generally greater than the
savings in fuel costs over conventional Diesel busses (at least in
colder climes(,
Don
... To every rule there's an exception & vice versa.
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