De Aar Triangle

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Dylan Knott
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De Aar Triangle

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Anyone know if the triangle at De Aar is electrified?
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Greg Hart
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Why would you have an electrified triangle??
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I don't know, but how else do you turn an electric loco?
I need to know if the tracks have overhead wires or not.
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Why would you want to turn an electric loco? surely you can drive it from either end?
Not quite on the rails.
Check out my train vids. http://www.youtube.com/user/nixops
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Nope, not all of them.
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Won't Google Earth help
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Yes can see triangle on google earth, but not if its electrified or not.
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