[PRCo] Re: China

[Herb Brannon]

I remember when the United States used to have a vibrant economy like that
showing in these videos. Busy streets, people going to work, shops and
stores all open for business. Oh yes, that is our former economy we're
looking at.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 19:28, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:

> Peter Folger and I both have a strong desire to educate.   He keeps telling
> me to keep it up.    This is an item he passed along today which I think
> deserves much wider distribution.
> The second and third links just show views of China.   While we may be
> upset that they are taking our dollars, they are also part of our world ...
> our planet.
>
> The third link?   Well, if any of you operate conventional air-brake
> streetcars in museums, imagine doing it on city streets with people and
> automobiles impinging on you every few hundred meters.   Look at what the
> lady in the third video contends with while running her car in Dalian.
>
>
>
>
> > From: "Peter Folger" <transitman at maine.rr.com>
> > Date: April 3, 2011 2:30:48 PM EDT
> > To: "Peter Folger" <transitman at maine.rr.com>
> > Subject: A return to Dalian, China
> >
> > A return to Dalian, China
> > If I ever had my druthers answered this is a place I most assuredly would
> like to visit; hopefully I have not covered any previously sent videos.  As
> Bill Withun, now retired curator of transportation at the Smithsonian,
> >
> > (http://teamstermagazine.com/smithsonian%2526%2523039%3Bs-rail-chief),
> opined one night years ago
> >
> > in a Lowell, MA, Thai restaurant, "these are the people you need to keep
> an eye on for they are smart and think
> >
> > in the long term, they have it far more together than the Russians."
> >
> > ¡¾ÎÒµÄ×æ¹ú 720HDÊÓƵ¡¿£¨Èý£© ÀËÂþÖ®¶¼ ʱÉдóÁ¬ 1/2 Dalian the Capital of Romance and
> Fashion.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB6I9zdV8Qs
> >
> > ¡¾ÎÒµÄ×æ¹ú 720HDÊÓƵ¡¿£¨Èý£© ÀËÂþÖ®¶¼ ʱÉдóÁ¬ 2/2 Dalian the Capital of Romance and
> Fashion.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI-JCb4i6A0&NR=1
> >
> > Old-style Trams in Dalian China.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RIspfxAYWU
> >
> > Dalian trams.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9i5fWVF7-0
> >
> > ´óßB¤Î·ÃæëŠÜ‡ Öйú.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDuZmRuYifw&feature=related
> >
> > Peter Folger
> > P.O.Box 1741
> > Biddeford, ME 04005-1741
> > transitman at maine.rr.com
>
>
> You might also want to look at some of the stuff on the internet on the
> Chinese high speed railways.   That's a concept the rest of the world
> embraces but we say is impossible.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9WEXdn_qV0&NR=1
> >
>
>
>
>


-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park