[PRCo] Re: Light Rail Videos

[Richard Allman]

for what it's worth, I enjoy it though concur w/ Ed that the quality is 
highly variable.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry MATT Matsick" <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 9:36 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Light Rail Videos


> Fred - keep them coming, I really enjoyed the Hudson Bergen line as I 
> lived in that area right out of
> college, what seems unique to me, seems like a 21st century Trolley Line, 
> need to go up and visit
> relatives and take a ride,  Keep the videos and all your great right ups 
> coming (others on group too
> this "olefart" enjoys it all.  Thanks
> --
> From: Jerry "Matt" Matsick
> AGING: Eventually you will reach a point when you
> stop lying about your age and start Bragging
> about it.
>
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>> HOW WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE SOME LINKS TO YOU TUBE VIDEOS TO TROLLEYS AND
>> LIGHT RAIL LINES RUNNING TODAY?
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>> Tampa -- but they really are not safety cars.
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOQC5PfNdUo
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>> And the same type car in Little Rock
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rll3Cu2q_5Y
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RiTMiwPiEw
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>> And the Memphis heritage lines. The first one
>> is an example of someone who loves photographing
>> crossing gates.
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O440kGu9xwE&feature=related
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>> The New Jersey Transit RIVER LINE from Trenton to Camden.
>> This is also a crossing gate picture. Governor Christy Whitman
>> called this light rail. The same cars in Escondido CA and Austin TX
>> are considered commuter railroad.
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA7YyaidJ-Y&feature=related
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TizfWStIy-M&feature=related
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixMw5M9tt80&feature=related
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>> Hudson Bergen Light Rail is also operated by New Jersey Transit.
>> This is a must see ...must ride line for all of you. I never thought
>> I would be sandwiched in a swinging load on a streetcar on a Sunday
>> afternoon in the U. S. but it happened to me there last summer.
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKMCAGuFk6k&feature=related
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>> The new extension of the Newark City subway ... the line on the
>> surface to Lackawanna station
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLFJJefG2qw&NR=1
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>> I only picked on link for Minneapolis. There are many other films
>> that you might want to look at.
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M2PyW2sgIQ&feature=related
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>> And here is a nice shot of a UTA car in front of the Mormon Temple
>> in Salt Lake City. I'm reminded of the day I tipped doorman at the
>> old Hotel Utah to lead me up onto a fire escape so I could photograph
>> the temple from a higher elevation. Can't do that as easily today
>> because the hotel is a LDS church office building.
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNe1GtxRH7A&feature=related
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>> This is a nice night-time movie in downtown Houston. Again, there
>> are a whole lot of additional Houston pictures. This line is moving
>> about 40,000 people a day. Great operation.
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZtdoZOi7F0
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>> IF YOU LIKE WHAT I PICKED OUT ... ASK ME AND I'LL TRY TO
>> FIND SOME OF THE OTHER SYSTEMS.
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