From: marc.gr.vandyck@invalid.skynet.be   
      
   Philip Nasadowski pretended :   
   > In article <9ep6q99bvp482c1b2457sho565kcbj29d6@4ax.com>,   
   >  Nobody  wrote:   
   >   
   >> It's   
   >> interesting that the trams run with the panto elbow facing to the   
   >> rear.   
   >   
   > Why?  Panographs are bi-directional.   
   >   
   > IIRC, SNCF tends to run them 'backwards' more often than not.  I suspect   
   > if there was a problem, they'd have figured it out long before everyone   
   > else...   
      
   Indeed. For example, multi-system locomotives usually have only one   
   panto for each electrification system so they obviously have to be   
   used both ways. And then there are known cases of locs having one   
   panto only.   
      
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