I see what you mean about the catenary. There are three styles of catenaries used for tramways here in Europe. I'll put the explanations into a new thread since there are already many pictures here and I don't want to add even more.
I love the pic, as you might remember I'm a tramway freak.
For an urban tramway that type of catenary is pretty over the top and really ugly. Here it is mostly used for big railways and one line of the subway system, but never for tramways.