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Re: Metroliner question
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Sat, 23 Feb 2002 06:38:17 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Kevin Salm writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Bob Parker writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Kevin Wilson writes:
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> > snip
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> > > Vancouver still has electric buses too, though for how much longer, who
> > > knows. Some city streets still have the trolley lines embedded too (and they
> > > are a ^%#%$#^ to drive over!), although the trolleys have been gone for
> > > years.
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> > > Kevin
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> > Tucson has a small but functional trolley line running around the University
> > of Arizona area. It is complete with trolley tracks and overhead power
> > lines. It's just a tourist type attraction since the track is so short
> > (about 1 mile or so long).
> > Here's a link:
> > http://www.oldpueblotrolley.org/
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> The city of Utica, New York still has 1 street with trolley tracks embedded
> (Schulyer Street). I don't believe they will ever be removed as they likely
> remain as historical and may be preserved as such.
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> No street cars have run in Utica for many decades. When they did operate, the
> trolleys served many outlying towns and communities of as far away as 15 miles
> or so from the Utica city limits. This made for a rather rural transportation
> service linked to the heart of Utica city.
> Dunno if this was atypical or rather common practice in other US cities.
VERY common. Midsized cities such as Utica had "made it" if they had a
trolley line, or an interurban if you prefer. Google for Interurban. For
example, it was possible to ride across vast swaths of the US on
streetcars/interurbans if you were willing to change lines every so often.
(At one time it was possible to ride from upstate New York (somewhere east
of Rochester) to Wisconsin, using a series of connecting interurban lines.)
In fact if you looked at the real estate development of things you'd see
some parallels with today's practice of developing businesses and housing
and attractions near interstate interchanges. More than one amusement park
or picnic ground built in the 90's, naughts or teens was sited out in the
country but on the trolley line... some even got names like 'electric park'
Some links I found googling for Utica
http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Chicago/SouthShore/interurbans.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/herktown/herktrolley.html (bridge)
http://www.clintonhollins.com/img/74950.jpg (stock cert)
http://www.norwich.net/~pstrany/row/utica/
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 | | Trolley car vs. Interurban
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| <snip> One thing I glossed over is the disctinction between a trolley car and an interurban. While there are always exceptions, check out this pic (URL) car on the left is more typical of a trolley car which tended not to venture out too far away (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) (Schulyer Street). I don't believe they will ever be removed as they likely remain as historical and may be preserved as such. No street cars have run in Utica for many decades. When they did operate, the trolleys served many outlying towns (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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