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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2014 => Topic started by: del78 on June 23, 2013, 05:55:27 PM
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what is this kind of transport for a point (i need detailed answer)
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experts time
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Mercedes Benz O 305 GG (G2) articulated diesel electric guided duo-bus. Just one built in the early eighties and tested in Rastatt (Germany)
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Any news?
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i need to lock it for You
all the info You provided is OK but what was this transport method called
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O-Bahn?
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this is it
I will move this later today
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Can an administratotr move this?
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:bump:
Can an administratotr move this?
Good idea.
Point awarded to Hiawatha and puzzled moved.
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Thank you, I had lost hope..
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I was going to have the O-Bahn bus system as a puzzle one day, but del78 has bet me to it.
The city of Adelaide, in Australia has had this system in place for years. The only countries that have, or had it, as far as I know are Germany, somewhere in South America and Australia. As far as I know, it was a system designed by Daimler Benz, and they were (I think) the civil engineering consultants during the construction of these.
I've ridden on the Adelaide system (1st photo). What happens is that the buses operate throughout the city, and when they get to the outskirts, they can then enter the O-Bahn, which is a system of specially designed concrete tracks for the buses to run along. In the second photo, you can see the little guide wheels that sit in front of the front wheels. What happens is that when the bus is on the tracks, the driver switches the bus over to O-Bahn mode, the little jockey wheels flick out to the side and over ride the conventional steering (2nd photo); this can be a little worrying, as the driver is sitting on about 80kph, takes their hands of the steering wheel and sits back. This was all very high-tech for Australia back in the 70's, and it's still being used today.
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There have been several attempts to start a 'guided bus system' in the UK over the last 20 years or so using a similar sort of idea, but apart from the odd test system I don't think there has been a successful operation anywhere yet.. I don't know if it's the cost or what but it just never seems to get off the ground here.
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This "Spurbus" system was my 'schoolbus' and is still in use in my hometown Essen/Ruhr since 1980. It was especially built for quickly connecting suburbs with the city. The biggest part of the track (3,5 km) was built in the middle of the A40 highway (Autobahn). I remember that scary feeling when the bus was in the track and the driver took off his hands from the steering at 85 km/h.
Later it was tested for a while in hybrid mode for underground and long distant traffic. The Diesel engine was switched off and the bus was wired overhead before. I recall frequent technical failures and finally the electric mode was abolished.
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The headline should be corrected, as it is "O305" instead of "0305" and Rastatt instead of Ratstatt.
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fixed!
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