G.E. Equipped PCCs

[Carl Zager]

I think that's absolutely the bottom line. My wishful thinking wouldn't
involve an unused line. It'd be full up both ways between here and
Indianapolis, at least in the morning and evening. <grinning from ear to
ear at my own naivette>.


On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Fred W. Schneider III wrote:

> And why would you want to spend your tax dollars (and mine) on a light rail
> project that will receive inadequate utilization.  I could accept it if it
> would generate 40,000 riders a day but how many can you name that do outside of
> PATCO and the LA Green Line that are in that category?  Maybe 25,000 a day is
> realistic but still there aren't many systems in that range either.  But we
> have a lot like Baltimore than run empty trains all day long (and then run
> three car trains all day when there is a ball game so that they will be ready
> when it ends).
> 
> Carl Zager wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> > > On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Jim Holland wrote:
> > > >     It was not necessarily the fact that *we-the-people* abandoned
> > > > trolleycars  --  we abandoned public transport for private mobility  --
> > > > which means abandoning trolleycars, trolley coaches, and motor coaches!
> > > > This, too, was a factor but not the total cause.
> > > >     It was inevitable that this would happen!
> >
> > Jim,
> >
> > In the long run -- say the last 40 years (has it been that long!) -- I
> > would agree, totally with your assessment, particularly in the Pittsburgh
> > area. But in the beginning, it appeared that "we" did abandon trolleys for
> > buses. We probably now know that was only an interim step toward private
> > autos.
> >
> > I am struck, periodically, with news reports that indicate this agency or
> > that private developer suggesting an investigation of installing (or
> > re-building abandoned) rail lines for commuter traffic -- even here in
> > south central Indiana. They go nowhere, but hope springs eternal.
> >
> >  Carl Zager                                             KB9RVB
> >  czager at bloomington.in.us         http://www.mccsc.edu/~czager
> 

 Carl Zager						KB9RVB
 czager at bloomington.in.us         http://www.mccsc.edu/~czager