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Apart from the structures (which I imagine can be made out of ever lighter materials) which components are going to necessitate all this heaviness?  Even the heavist components could be transported to within a km or so of site via light-rail



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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 8th, 2006 at 05:37:54 AM EST
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Great photo!

It looks very long, what is it, 60m?  I can imagine that a track can be made in 60m-straight sections.  Is it very heavy?  Too heavy for a light-rail solution?

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by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Wed Nov 8th, 2006 at 06:31:14 AM EST
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