[PRCo] Re: Routes that Could Have Been Retained

[James B. Holland]

Matt Barry wrote:
.

> Looking at this photograph, 
> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/pitt245.htm I recalled what a 
> pleasant ride it was heading out to the Highland Park Zoo from East 
> Liberty, after a transfer from an outbound 88 car.
>
> I realize that the Oakland portions of the line, Fifth and Forbes are 
> now mostly one-way from Downtown to Oakland,


TrolleyCars could still use Fifth and Forbes in the direction of traffic 
and abandon the opposing direction of track!

Some politico is trying to revive  *-Streetcars-*  in the Forbes // 
Fifth corridor  --  anymore news on this??

> Why am I thinking about this at all? Tourists. While I was in New 
> Orleans this past May, I realized that a lot of the folks riding the 
> St. Charles (in particular) and the newer Canal Street lines, were 
> tourists.


They tried to  -*Legislate-*  East Liberty into a Pedestrian Mall and 
that failed.       The rehab of the near North Side failed as 
well.       It's possible to  *-Legislate-*  anything as a tourist 
attraction but will the tourists follow?

> Another line I thought would have made a decent tourist one was 39 
> Brookline. And, of course, the grand tourist line of all, the Fineview.


What would the attraction be for tourists on the 39-Brookline?       I 
can see it from the railfans view but not the general tourist.

We  *-Did-*  have a big discussion on this a number of years back.       
Ray Lattner suggested an Hysterical TrolleyCar line along East Carson - 
I suggested combining it with the 49-//-40 lines.       Much  *talk*  
ensued about What Should Be Done.       I suggested that we stop talking 
and start organizing to make something happen    ----    the Thread Went 
Dead Immediately!




Jim__Holland


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