[milwaukee-electric] Another Devil's Teapot Claims a Present Day Light Rail Line!

[Ken and Tracie]

[SFMuniHistory] Fwd: Sinkhole disrupts N-Judah light railI guess San Francisco isn't gonna let a little Wisconsin town like Muskego have all the "fun":

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Richard C. DeArmond 
To: prn-list at sfu.ca 
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:41 AM
Subject: [SFMuniHistory] Fwd: Sinkhole disrupts N-Judah light rail





  Hi, gang!


  Fwded from [Philly_Traction] group. Boy, this is a terrible location
  for a sinkhole--one block east of the 30th Avenue Wye. So use of that
  switchback is out!

  Milantram

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  Begin forwarded message:

  > OT: San Francisco - sinkhole disrupts N-Judah light rail
  > Posted by: "watsonscruff2000"
  > Date: Sun Feb 7, 2010 7:39 am ((PST))
  >
  > San Francisco MUNI had to put shuttle buses into service after a
  > sinkhole developed Friday night undermining the tracks of the N-
  > Judah light rail line, KGO television reports (full text):
  > "Sinkhole disrupts Muni service on N-Judah line
  > Saturday, February 06, 2010
  >
  > SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail service
  > has been disrupted on the N-Judah line since Friday night because of
  > a sinkhole near the tracks in the city's Sunset District, according
  > to a Muni spokesman.
  >
  > Service has been disrupted since about 8 p.m. Friday after the
  > sinkhole was discovered near the tracks at the intersection of Judah
  > Street and 29th Avenue, according to spokesman Judson True.
  >
  > Buses are shuttling passengers on the N-Judah line between 19th
  > Avenue and La Playa Street.
  >
  > Crews with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the
  > city's Department of Public Works are repairing the sinkhole,
  > according to True.
  >
  > There is no estimate for when regular service will resume on the line.
  > [end text]
  > The as-published Web version has a photo of the sinkhole between the
  > rails:
  > http://tinyurl.com/yekmqnv
  > -----
  > Edward B. Havens
  > Tucson, Ariz.