[PRCo] Re: North Coast Rail News

[richard allman]

figured as much-just having a bit of fun!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 1:14 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: North Coast Rail News


>I was sitting on a layover, out of service. The car was supposed to be 
>empty
> at that point.
> I just got in from my Sunday night run. The last trip left the Airport at
> 11:42PM and terminated at Public Square at 12:10AM. By the time I got to
> West Park Station (Airport // Brookpark // West 150th // then West Park) I
> had all seats filled and five or six standing. By the time I left West
> Blvd/Detroit (three stations later) the train was packed all the way to
> downtown. Ridership continues to get higher on all the rail lines.
>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 2:35 PM, richard allman <allmanr at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Herb-the last shot of the car looks like rather modest ridership! RICH
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 2:17 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] North Coast Rail News
>>
>>
>>  > Since PRCo subjects seem slow, here are some Cleveland heavy rail
>> items.
>> > These were taken today while I was sitting on the Cuyahoga River 
>> > Viaduct
>> > waiting to leave Public Square Station. Last night a severe storm 
>> > caused
>> a
>> > power outage to the signal system from West 25th Stn, west, to West
>> > Blvd/Detroit Stn. Until 5pm we were only operating from Public Square,
>> > east,
>> > to Windermere. Buses filled in for rail cars on the West Side. So I
>> > snapped
>> > a few quick pics while sitting on the viaduct.
>> > I had said in another post that the RTA Heavy Rail Cars have large 
>> > cabs.
>> > They are the entire width of the car and are at least 4 feet deep. Lots
>> of
>> > room for the operator.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Herb Brannon
>> > On America's North Coast
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> -- 
> Herb Brannon
> On America's North Coast
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