[PRCo] Re: New Railway Properties

[Bill Robb]

Let's see I've ridden Baltimore's light rail, Spadina and Harbourfront lines in Toronto, San Jose's light rail, the O-Train in Ottawa (not traction but extensions maybe be), 2nd and 3rd Riverfront lines in New Orleans, and demo car 2001 on Canal Street.
   
  But I still find the old stuff, which for me includes 70s era TTC rebuilds, PAT air rebuilds and mod paint of the 70s and SF Muni of the 80s, more interesting because it's what I encountered when I was old enough to go out on my own.  I find the younger fans like the new stuff.  It's all they know.
   
  I was in Toronto yesterday riding the Queen and Bathurst lines.  For me there are too many towering condos, too much graffiti, it's much dirtier than I grew up with, mature trees seem to be rare and there are too many cars 24/7.  Since the Skydome opened there's been a night club district west of University Av and south of Queen Street and now that's turned into a residential area. A residential area with substanial weekend nosie and traffic.
   
  Looking back at the slides of the 70s it's not just the streetcars I see, but the buildings that are gone,  things like the old orange Globe & Mail newspaper boxes that are gone, a time when they're were plenty of mature trees (not just parking lots) and a time when the streets were quiet on Sunday mornings and streetcars had the streets too themselves.
   
  Bill Robb
  
Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:
  Just a Question....

I have a slide show that I've put on for East Penn and for the 
Tractioneers in Washington of the newer Light Rail, Heavy Rail, ART 
and Heritage Lines.

I started by asking how many had visited 10 of the new properties? 
20? 30? 40? 50?

Hey guys ... Are you aware that there are more than 50 urban railway 
properties in the United States and Canada today if we use the 
following definition:

"Not a museum but includes subway, light rail, ART, heritage, and is 
supported in some way by the municipality for the good of the 
municipality and operates on municipal land."





		
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