[PRCo] Re: Single Track Munhall

[John Swindler]

I think the project manager for the acquisition of the Kawasaki cars refers to them as streetcars.
 
 
> From: bob at dietrichsfam.com> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Single Track Munhall> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 08:39:14 -0400> > The stub-end track down State Street in Media PA is all single track. Then> I don't know if Media is "urban" or if you could consider Kawasakis> streetcars.> > Bob > > -----Original Message-----> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of John> Swindler> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:19 AM> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Single Track Munhall> > > > Isn't there single track street operation on Sharon Hill? It is within the> Philadelphia urbanized area. > > (But I could very well be having a senior moment with this possible> recollection)> > John> From: galtfd at att.net> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Date: Sun,> 4 May 2008 23:48:09 -0700> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Single Track Munhall> > On 2> May 2008 at 16:51, Barry, Matthew R wrote:> > > This link:> http://www.heritagetrolley.org/defSingleDoubleTrack.htm> > Includes an> article about single-double track street railways, and includes a (1960's, I> think) photo of single track with passing siding, on Main Street in Munhall,> PA.> > > > Interesting picture. The observation that it is/was the last> single-track urban > streetcar line, though, is not quite true. The Link> line in Tacoma WA (2003) is > single-track, non-segregated in city streets,> with passing loops. Not your > mother's streetcar, perhaps, and decades too> late to compete with the Lincoln > Place line. But an urban tramline> nonetheless.> > Don G> > > _________________________________________________________________> Windows Live SkyDrive lets you share files with faraway friends.> http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_> skydrive_052008> > > 
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