[PRCo] Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Fort Collins, Colo. - wandering Birney coming home!

[John Swindler]

Isn't the Charlotte Trolley moving to another site??  
 
There were also delays with the multi-million rehab of a couple miles of the Charlotte Trolley right of way around 2002.  Any background on that???
 
Also, the project manager for the light rail project - didn't CATS fire them?? Wasn't it Parsons?  Any background on that???
 
J
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Fort Collins, Colo. - wandering Birney coming home!> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:52:49 -0500> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > Here is Bruce's answer to the Charlotte situation. There was one > PST St. Louis car down there which Dave Crawford had spent a bundle > on ... it's sitting in a warehouse in North Charlotte stored at his > expense after they kicked him out. The body looks as nice as 14 at > PTM.> > Begin forwarded message:> > > From: "Bruce Bente" <bbente at bellsouth.net>> > Date: November 12, 2007 4:47:33 PM EST> > To: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>, "Schneider, Fred" > > <fwschneider at comcast.net>> > Subject: Re: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: Fort Collins, Colo. - wandering > > Birney coming home!> >> > The Charlotte Trolley group got screwed. Initially, they preserved > > a short distance of an abandoned Southern RR line to use as a > > museum line. Then the City of Charlotte decided to use their right- > > of-way for the new LRV line, and bought new replica cars from > > Gomaco and took over the line, effectively throwing the Charlotte > > trolley group off the line. They turned the historic line into > > another division of the bus company, and CATS took over. CATS > > needed lots more space for offices and other bureaucracy, so they > > took part of the track space in the carbarn for offices, and > > forced them to remove the PST St. Louis car.> >> > Then some bureaucrat decided that the only Charlotte car, 85, did > > not meet their requirements for braking, and they forbade any of > > the historic cars from operating on the line. The only "old" cars > > allowed out there are the 3 (2?) 3-year old Gomaco cars.> >> > Next, the lease on the carbarn was cancelled, throwing Charlotte > > Trolley out on the street, so they might as well sell all their > > cars, because they now have no line to operate on and no carbarn. > > Isn't politics and bureaucracy wonderful?> > ----- Original Message -----> > From: John Swindler> > To: Bente, Bruce ; Schneider, Fred> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 8:34 AM> > Subject: RE: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: Fort Collins, Colo. - wandering Birney > > coming home!> >> >> >> >> > Is there more to the story about car 25 and the Charlotte Trolley? > > What does Bruce have to say about the Charlotte Trolley outfit???> >> >> >> > > From: fwschneider at comcast.net> > > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: Fort Collins, Colo. - wandering Birney > > coming home!> > > Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:45:10 -0500> > > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > >> > > This is probably one of the more worthwhile projects out there!> > > \> > > On Nov 11, 2007, at 8:56 PM, James B. Holland wrote:> > >> > > > --- In Birney_Cars at yahoogroups.com, "Edward B. Havens" > > <edhavens at ...>> > > > wrote:> > > >> > > > Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society has posted this press > > release> > > > to its Web site, discussing the expected return of a 4-wheel > > Birney> > > > that originally operated in the Colorado city:> > > > http://www.fortnet.org/trolley/car25.php> > > > Edward B. Havens> > > > Tucson, Ariz.> > > >> > > > --- End forwarded message ---> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> >> > Climb to the top of the charts! Play Star Shuffle: the word > > scramble challenge with star power. Play Now!> > 
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