[PRCo] Re: McKinney Ave.

[Fred Schneider]

There is also a branch that was installed within the last two years,  
about half way out the line, which connects to a DART station.   All  
new rail of course.

On Oct 24, 2005, at 1:11 PM, Bob Rathke wrote:

> The McKinney Avenue trolley line began operation in the late  
> 1980's , and
> nearly all of its rail had been under asphalt since the 1950's.   
> The asphalt
> was removed in the mid-1980's and trolleys began using that  
> trackage.  I
> believe that the only new trackage in 1988 was a short stretch on the
> downtown end of the line, and possibly the trackage in the street  
> leading to
> the carbarn. Then, in 1999-2000, a section of McKinney Avenue was  
> repaved,
> and during the street work, new rail was installed in that section  
> of the
> line. The official M-Line website is at:  www.dart.org/mline.asp
>
> McKinney Avenue is a neighborhood/shopping/night life section of  
> Dallas, on
> the edsge of downtown, and not unlike East Carson St. in Pittsburgh.
> McKinney Ave. trolleys didn't just happen - they are the result of  
> a big
> idea, a lot of private and public cooperation, and a strong can-do  
> attitude.
>
> Bob 10/24/05
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 8:08 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: McKinney
>
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>>> mtoytrain at bellsouth.net wrote:
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>>>> I think in Dallas they opened a line that had been paved over, saw
>>>> it  when I traveled on business to Big D.
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>>> James B. Holland wrote:
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>>> Apparently some of the McKinney Ave TrolleyCar line uses
>>> *-reclaimed-*  trackage -- something to that effect is mentioned  
>>> here
>>> http://www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/dallas.htm --  
>>> didn't
>>> read it all for specific details.
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=McKinney+Trolley&btnG=Google 
>>> +Search
>>> may give you Much More INfo.
>>>
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>> When San Francisco extended its F-line along the Embarcadero to Fish
>> Wharf they said they would use the RR tracks already in existence.
>> We'Uns Railfans said it wouldn't work because the flanges would
>> pick.        In Reality, SF meant they would use the row  --  they
>> ripped it all out and rebuilt it.
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>> Jim__Holland
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>> I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!
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>> down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!
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