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Originally Posted by hammersklavier
This is mathematically nonsensical. Our current trolleys are actually built to the limit of what the tunnel's loading gauge can handle; an LRV twice the length but with two places of articulation would have three carlengths, none as long as the current trolley cars = easier tunnel clearance.
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I remember when these 'new' trolleys were ordered that SEPTA said that the limiting factor in their design was the sharp corners that some of the routes are required to make, IE the #13 at 65th st. and several in Delaware County. I don't remember if this effected the length or width or both.