[PRCo] Fw: Seattle Starts Testing Streetcar Line

[Jim Holland]

"Paul Johnson"  wrote in message 
news:<1194014608.523899.225530 at y27g2000pre.googlegroups.com>...
 > On Nov 1, 11:18 pm, Damon Hill wrote:
 > > "Bernard Farquart" wrote 
innews:F8qdnT8oi8NtJLfanZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d at comcast.com:
 > >
 > > > yeah, it's great. 52 million dollars so people can avoid a 
ten-minute
 > > > walk.
 > >
 > > The streetcar line, originally known as the South Lake Union Trolley
 > > (aka, the SLUT), is envisioned as the first leg of an expanded line
 > > that would branch out to the University of Washington and elsewhere.
 > > It differs from the planned light rail line that will also go there
 > > in that it's a surface, street-running line.
 > >
 > > It ends just across the street from another Seattle ironic icon, the
 > > monorail line to Seattle Center (and not much else).
 >
 > Heh, that monorail really needs some re-engineering to be basically
 > functional, and serious expansion to be usable. What moron sets
 > horizontal track clearances close enough together that oncoming trains
 > won't clear, much less without signal protection?
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