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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Cyberider:
GREAT photos of REAL streetcars, and NOT giant insects! 
Note the paint scheme on the dashes....reminds me of the San Diego cars.....
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Cyberider
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NYO:
Phoenix never got PCC's and in the gap in rail transit from 1948 until 2008 went directly from real streetcars to insect-faced caterpillars.
The most comprehensive book, as far as I know, on the Phoenix streetcar system is entitled "Ride a Mile and Smile the While." |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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Cyberider:
I'd mentioned San Diego; during WW2, the system had an interesting, diverse fleet, as they purchased second-hand cars from TARS and Wilkes-Barre Railways (PA).
Incidentely, last "small town" streetcar system in the US (with PCCs and "standard" cars) was Johnstown (PA), whose cars were replaced by trolleybuses in 1960.................
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Cyberider
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NYO,
Johnstown certainly had a lot of transit for a small town! It must have been a fascinating place back in the day. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Cyberider wrote: | NYO,
Johnstown certainly had a lot of transit for a small town! It must have been a fascinating place back in the day. |
Cyberider:
A small (but JAM-PACKED WITH PHOTOS!) book you SHOULD GET is from the "Images Of Rail" series:
"JOHNSTOWN TROLLEYS AND INCLINE" (Kenneth C. Springirth)
EXCELLENT photos galore of the oldesr cars, the PCCs, and the trolley buses, as well as the *restored) inclined funicular.
Prior to scrapping, the PCCs were stripped of parts and the parts then shipped to Brussels, for use in their new PCC-inspired tram fleet.
Despite the late date of 1960, only one of the older cars was preserved, double-ender #311.
All the PCCS were scrapped; one PCC (ex-Toronto) which runs in Kenosha, was repainted in the old Johnstown paint.
Thankfully, two of the trolleybuses have been preserrved.......
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Cyberider
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | | Cyberider wrote: | NYO,
Johnstown certainly had a lot of transit for a small town! It must have been a fascinating place back in the day. |
Cyberider:
A small (but JAM-PACKED WITH PHOTOS!) book you SHOULD GET is from the "Images Of Rail" series:
"JOHNSTOWN TROLLEYS AND INCLINE" (Kenneth C. Springirth)
EXCELLENT photos galore of the oldesr cars, the PCCs, and the trolley buses, as well as the *restored) inclined funicular.
"NYO"
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