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Topic: After only a decade, DC "streetcars" are kaput |
Cyberider
Replies: 34
Views: 126714
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2026 9:43 pm Subject: After only a decade, DC "streetcars" are kaput |
| Yugoslavia bound? |
Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! |
Cyberider
Replies: 1161
Views: 1163162
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Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 6:35 pm Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! |
| Those TARS cars sure got around. |
Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! |
Cyberider
Replies: 1161
Views: 1163162
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Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 11:01 am Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! |
| Retired PE and LARy cars were used as homes as late as just after WWII. |
Topic: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
Cyberider
Replies: 45
Views: 324964
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Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:10 am Subject: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
| False Alarms is correct. I'll look for the PCC's when I get to the other one. |
Topic: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
Cyberider
Replies: 45
Views: 324964
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Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:30 pm Subject: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
| Just finished watching an episode of the Three Stooges with a little LARy action. |
Topic: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
Cyberider
Replies: 45
Views: 324964
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Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 3:09 pm Subject: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
| I believe PE was ordered by the authorities to order the PCC's. |
Topic: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
Cyberider
Replies: 45
Views: 324964
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Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 9:43 pm Subject: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
| It was more of a tunnel than a subway. |
Topic: Electrico Carro Fiesta! |
Cyberider
Replies: 1161
Views: 1163162
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Forum: Surface Transit - Everywhere Else Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 9:41 pm Subject: Electrico Carro Fiesta! |
| Pittsburgh was quite the PCC Town at one time. I'd hoped to visit but never did. |
Topic: Rollsigns/batwings/readings/routes, etc. |
Cyberider
Replies: 309
Views: 418610
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 5:59 pm Subject: Rollsigns/batwings/readings/routes, etc. |
| Always wished I had a sign box to install my SCRTD rollsigns in. The best I did after getting them about 50 years ago was to cut one up and install it on pull down window shades. It looked good when ... |
Topic: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
Cyberider
Replies: 45
Views: 324964
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Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2026 9:24 pm Subject: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
| I believe several PE stations still exist in repurposed form. There were car houses located in San Bernardino and Riverside that existed decades later and perhaps still do repurposed. Also, there ma ... |
Topic: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
Cyberider
Replies: 45
Views: 324964
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Forum: Surface Transit - Western United States Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2026 1:24 pm Subject: Los Angeles today (buses/light rail/heavy rail) |
| One could get that impression since PE & LARy had a number of abandonments just prior to WWII. Even though ridership increased significantly during the war, it decreased even more significantly a ... |
Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ |
Cyberider
Replies: 562
Views: 859643
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2026 12:02 pm Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ |
| Thanks, NYO. The pre-PCC history is even more interesting than the PCC-history of the system. |
Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ |
Cyberider
Replies: 562
Views: 859643
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 9:20 pm Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ |
| Great photo! My previous knowledge of the Newark City Subway was all through photos in PCC books so didn't see the old cars. |
Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ |
Cyberider
Replies: 562
Views: 859643
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2026 6:01 pm Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ |
| Thanks, NYO. Very interesting! |
Topic: PSNJ: the last years........ |
Cyberider
Replies: 562
Views: 859643
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Forum: Surface Transit - Eastern United States Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2026 9:49 pm Subject: PSNJ: the last years........ |
| Very interesting and historic photos. Thanks, NYO. |
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