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  1. 13th February 2013, 06:31 PM #1
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    It's a VW, but is it a tram or a train?

    We I like all things to do with railways but my preference is trams.

    BUT thanks to VW there is a tram thats a train, sort of.

    Anyway, here it is and we can thank a car company for an interesting “tram”, with a great name, the CarGo.

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jMAeWJ4ubc]CarGo Tram Dresden - YouTube[/ame]

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    Yeah, sort of a hybrid isn't it!!! The Europeans are so far ahead of us with public transport it isn't funny!!
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    I would call it a freight tram.

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    It's a CargoTram, but I think its only working for VW not made by them. It is owned by Dresden Public Transport and delivers parts to the VW assembly factory/

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...LLfsCR4cs&NR=1
    Tram Dresden - CarGoTram - YouTube
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRKTTC6MYIw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRKTTC6MYIw[/ame]

    [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarGoTram"]CarGoTram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

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    Hi Lotz, a mate was over there a few years ago and he was waiting at a tram stop.

    The indicator board tells you where the next tram goes and will indicate if it is the CarGo tram.

    Being a VW head, he was wrapped to see it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drivesafe View Post
    Hi Lotz, a mate was over there a few years ago and he was waiting at a tram stop.

    The indicator board tells you where the next tram goes and will indicate if it is the CarGo tram.

    Being a VW head, he was wrapped to see it.
    Probably good to know not to get onto the CargoTram, otherwise you may find yourself being bolted to a new VW by some robot in the transperant factory!

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    Reminds me of Colin Rees Transport's Windhoff Cargo Sprinter, albeit CRT's for higher speed line haul.
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XFZXTTDglc]Windhoff CargoSprinter at CRT - YouTube[/ame]
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXdbJYLcjtk]Windhoff CargoSprinter Concept - YouTube[/ame]
    I think they'd make great grain trains on light lines, using hopper containers. One of my clients had me draw up modifications to make such a container from a standard ISO container a year or two back for a different purpose.
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