[PRCo] Re: Fwd: Streetcar / Trams - Calcutta / Kolkata, India

[richard allman]

you coulda come-the Rib House is now non-smoking!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 9:07 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Fwd: Streetcar / Trams - Calcutta / Kolkata, India


> Two items ... All Kolkata (Calcutta), India.    The first dozen are 
> youTube video links.   The tenth one in plain text or in red in rich text 
> format is probably the absolute best because it shows just how bad street 
> congestion can be in India and it will only get worse as their middle 
> class becomes greater and more of them are in automobiles.
> The second three links are to still pictures taken by Lars Richter on a 
> trip he and Dan Joseph orchestrated in February.   I would have loved to 
> have joined them if it had not been for a cardiac appointment.   On of the 
> members of the Pittsburgh list where this is also going, Dwight Long, was 
> on that trip.
>
>
> From: "Peter Folger" <transitman at maine.rr.com>
> Subject: Streetcar / Trams - Calcutta / Kolkata, India
>
> Streetcar / Trams - Calcutta / Kolkata, India
> (just like Egypt - many angry car drivers beeping their horns!
>
> & passengers riding absolutely anywhere they darn well feel like.)
>
> CALCUTTA TRAM ARCHIVE.
>
> (now known as Kolkata)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkUNQmjOvH8
>
> Kolkata tram network...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K74Rcy0zdU8&feature=related
>
> tram of kolkata.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPG3QPYJz2U&feature=related
>
> Kolkata (Calcutta) Trams.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb3ySuL1_xE&feature=related
>
> New Trams Of Kolkata (january 2010).
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJZasK3zKL8&feature=related
>
> Trams Kolkata Calcutta West Bengal.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25fSQ2dHQYk&feature=related
>
> Tram Ride - Kolkata Style!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuxU1AS-Rtg&feature=related
>
> Trams, Kolkata, West Bengal - India.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTIracKDiaA&feature=related
>
> Documentary - Trams of Kolkata.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psiHKJ8m5lw&feature=related
>
> Calcutta's Trams.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZH-aIKtyWo&feature=related
>
> Calcutta Trams - Part 1.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCxQCLZwSdo&feature=related
>
> Calcutta Trams - Part 2.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJdxaHZ1TKU&feature=related
>
>> From: "Lars F. Richter"
>> Subject: Kolkata - Calcutta
>>
>> yes, they only have one 2-axle tourist tram, not really anything 
>> authentic
>>
>> some more CTC pics here:
>>
>> http://www.drehscheibe-foren.de/foren/read.php?5,5275921
>> http://www.drehscheibe-foren.de/foren/read.php?5,5276027
>> http://www.drehscheibe-foren.de/foren/read.php?5,5276057
>>
>>
>> Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards
>> Lars F Richter
>>
>> new eMail: tramway at pobox.com
>> iPhone: + 49 (0) 151 196 874 37
>> Fax/Voicemail: +49 (0) 321 213 768 70
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