Trams

* See also Transportation_Systems
* See also Utility_Distribution
* See also Maintenance
* See also TechnicalDrawings (Diagrams)
* See also Trolley_System
Utility Trams in Rapture
Tram is often used as a synonym for Passenger Trolley in a City, but this is NOT the subject here.
This is a rail transport within Tunnels beneath the City.
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Sublevel Foundation Transport.
diagrams of trams
map of basement with trams
Transport of Various Utility machinery and repair/construction materials
Big Daddy Rides the Tram ...
The Passages/Routes are protected with Airlocks
The Trams Share passage space with various utilities pipes, cables, lines/conduits ...
Tram used by Fontaine's Smuggling Operation 
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Utility Tramway System :
* A smaller track system used for utility purposes.
* Runs under city 'Streets' ( more places than the Trolleys routes do )
* Accessible to building basements ( freight/maintenance sidings )
* Use Electric overhead wire ( with battery units for temporary/repair areas and some low-use sidings )
* Garbage Hauling from garbage chutes to dumps
* Bulk Freight movement ( small and medium-large items, day shipment which are unwanted/inconvenient in the public areas )
* Utility Equipment movement ( alot of machinery gets moved and is too large to 'manhandle' thru public transportation )
* Tunnel size - 6 x 6 x 12 foot payload width/height ( many construction items sized to these dimensions - and the many airlocks )
* Maintenance Personnel transport ( parallels utility lines and connects all the utility installations )
* Long distance tunnel haulage to/from Industrial sites outside city ( mining, chemicals, fuels, personnel transport )
* Incline Ramp (cable haul) used to gain altitude 600 - 800 ft to 100 ft level ( ex - to Industrial district inside [[Mt_Ryan}|Mount Ryan]] )
* Tram's Automatic Bulkhead door protection - 8 ft x 8 ft doors ( the usual simple foolproof mechanism )
* Tram system has its own distributed maintenance facilities ( the whole system is largely based on simplicity )
* Tram's track is prefabricated metal sections, just needs to be bolted down ( makes it easy to repair - can even be laid thru building flooring to assist construction operations )
* MMORPG Players may have private tram cars (dismantleable/portable) used when going into a 'wild'/border area where the tram facilities aren't yet restored. Building something workable is NOT Rocket Science. Many would be City Owned.
* City Projects/jobs usually provide use of Tramway facilities to assist Players in their work.
* Traffic system is simple on Trams - low-tech 'Redball' signals and passing sidings for bi-directional traffic. Telephone based dispatching.
* Some stretches used for more Normal Transport ( Routine Personnel point to point - upgraded appropriately )
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That little bit Labeled "T" is the Utility Tram ( the thing seen centrally above it is the Trolley in the Street ).
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Rapture had need of locally accessible transport across the whole City.
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Real Trams Under Chicago - 1904 :
 
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https://chicagology.com/transportation/chicagotunnelco/
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https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/collex/exhibits/under-your-feet/chicago-subway-system-built-illinois-tunnel-company/
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