[PRCo] Re: Go West Young Man

[John Swindler]

For those into fuel economy, the latest extension of the Calgary light rail system is wind powered.  Power is purchased from a wind turbine 'farm'.  
 
There were also some recent comments on housing problems.  There is a housing development that I pass west of Campbelltown - one house is nearing completion and the hole has been dug for another foundation.  That's just what can be seen from 322.  And I got stuck behind a truck carrying concrete block this morning.  Sounds like the start of another house.  Suspect housing is selling if priced at 2004 prices - not selling if priced at 2006 prices.  And therein lies the problem.  The widow down the street just dropped her home price to a more realistic level.  Suspect we will soon see a "sold" sign, just like three houses recently on street behind us.
 
Gas is at $2.84 today for those who insisted last summer that we would be at $5 by the end of the year.  I can steer this back towards PA transit by adding that my bus has retained - so far - about half the additional passengers from last summer.
Cheers
John
 
 
> From: dfc1 at windstream.net> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Go West Young Man> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:47:45 -0400> > > Well I have not driven across the country yet, but I have taken Amtrak => from Chicago to Seattle, Chicago to Los Angeles and Sacramento to => Chicago. I have also gone from Seattle to LA. =20> > Glacier is wonderful because it is off the beaten path. I have stayed => at Glacier Park Lodge twice and Many Glacier Hotel once. I prefer Many => Glacier for the remote area. (There was a forest fire on the other side => of the mountain while we were there.)> > > I learned to drive on dirt roads. Watch the utility lines for headlight => glare on blind curves and yes you had to dust the inside and outside of => the car, because we did not have ac.> > The cuisine I want in Montana walks on 4 legs and is hopefully not a => cow. (Had some great elk and bison out there.) We were eating outside => of Helena and Liz asked what size steaks they had. The waiter responded => with 12, 16 or 24 oz and they could go much higher if she wished. I had => the bison.> > Many of the trolley lines of the west are fascinating, especially the => ones in the smaller towns. Cripple Creek, CO comes to mind. => http://www.cripple-creek.co.us/Railroads.aspx =20> > > The article on Cripple Creek is from Cripple Creek Railroads by Leland => Feitz. See also Hilton & Due pgs 381-382 (Electric Interurban Railways => in America)> > > > How many of those new folks in Calgary are US citizens trying to escape => the homeland for one of many reasons?> > > > > Dennis F. Cramer =20> > Trombone> > > > > -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --> -- Type: image/jpeg> -- Size: 28k (28850 bytes)> -- URL : http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/manyglacier.JPG> > > -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --> -- Type: image/jpeg> -- Size: 451k (462304 bytes)> -- URL : http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/cripplecreek.jpg> > > 
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