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Nobody into vintage Phoenix buses? Sad

Actually rode this one back in 1990......WHAT A VIEW! Shocked

Interesting little "railway", indeed! Wink

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookout_Mountain_Incline_Railway

I rod ...

One more incline in the LA area in Upland just over the border into San Bernardino county. This one was pulled uphill by two mules who had a platform at the back of the car for them to ride downhill. ...

Los Angeles had several incline railways as well. Angel's Flight, Court Flight, Mt. Lowe, Mt. Washington, and the one up the bluffs at Playa del Rey come to mind. There may be a few others in the gr ...

I ride the bus now because I have to rather than because I want to. Of course, if an Old Look should pull up to the bus stop, it would be a different story.

Johnstown was a fascinating system, e ...

Same year the Phoenix streetcars stopped running.

Meanwhile, I had to ride the bus a couple of times this week. No thrill in it like it was back in the day when there were real busses. At least t ...

Brown Boveri/GM Fishbowl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F8KZiXLsCU

I believe they were actual GM Fishbowls, not Flyers! Edmundton Transit System. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-F8KZiXLsCU/maxresdefault.jpg

It seems like there was a Canadian city that did have fishbowl trolley buses.

3. Sun Valley Bus Lines 207 which ran between Phoenix and Mesa
2. Sun Valley Bus Lines 4106 which ran between Phoenix and Las Vegas.
1. Valley Transit Twins and Old Looks in 50's & 60's paint ...

Sounds like it was quite the operation back in the day. Would have been fascinating to have experienced it. (except for the accidents)

Sounds like it was a "fine mess" in addition to being a tragedy. Thanks for the information on this transit event.

Sounds like quite the disaster with few answers.

Very similar, indeed.

Great photo! Guessing it's near the end of an era of the equipment shown. If I were there, I would have been old enough to see, ride, and appreciate a scene that wouldn't last much longer.