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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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Q65A:
GREAT article!
In all honesty, today's "streetcars" (LRV's) are more atkin to gigantic mutated insects/caterpillars/eels/worms.......many modern units are actually quite SCARY-looking!!!!!
I LOVE the "retro" cars on New Orlean's Canal St. line....at least they LOOK like a STREETCAR, and NOT a giant, mutated electric eel!!
Strange....several decades ago, streetcars were deemed "archaic","antiquated", "noisy", and"slow".....BUT....TODAY, re-incarnated as gigantic people-eating insects (aka LRV's)....they are deemed modern urban transit's SAVIORS!!
Look at how the vast PE "Red Car" system was ruthlessly scrapped, at a time when buses and private autos were deemed "progress".....guess what, people.....electric rail transit is BACK in LA!!
Indeed......the old saying IS true......"what goes around, comes around....."
"NYO"
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The late, great PCC......a STREETCAR that was MODERN and HANDSOME, but DID NOT look like a giant, mutated, people-hungry INSECT, always on the prowl, eager to chow down on unsuspecting pedestrians!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.newdavesrailpix.com/phila/htm/phil175.htm
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