Thread: What does it take to be a Transport Correspondent?
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Old April 21st 11, 01:10 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default What does it take to be a Transport Correspondent?
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:02:22 +0000, Peter Campbell Smith wrote:

Peter Fox wrote in
:

The use of "engine" for electric motor is unheard of.

What about winding engines in mines? I can see this thread running for
ever.

The hauler on the incline on the Bowes Railway is electric, and that gets
referred to as an engine..

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