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Cyberider:

TOTALLY AGREE!

The famed (long-gone) "BAMBERGERS" department store, in fact, had entrances/exits to the basement level of the store at the City Subway's Broad Street (now Military Park) station; I remember this well, 60-odd years ago!

There were also escalators to and from the PS terminal at this station, which sat fenced off and forgotten for years, before they were removed when the entire station was renovated.

"BAMBERGERS" (known to us locals as "Bam's") also had the attraction of a (believe it or not!) a SUSPENDED MONORAIL TRAIN (kiddie-sized) that ran above one of the upper floors!

Back in the heyday of Newark's big department stores at Broad & Market ("Four Corners") PSNJ did a BOOMING business catering to the busloads and carloads of shoppers that once frequented these now long-gone stores..........

"NYO"

["7 CITY SUBWAY"]

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Cyberider:

Thought this might be of interest to you (scroll down page for photos!)

"NYO"

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

["AT&SF"]

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The historic GREYHOUND station at Flagstaff, sadly, like virtually all other classic-era GREYHOUND stations, no longer exists.........

https://www.roadarch.com/bus/az.html

["TRAVEL STRAIGHT THRU-GO GREYHOUND!"]

[Cyberider]

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Cyberider:

Sad to say, but AMTRAK has much in common with GREYHOUND; over the past few decades, hundreds of stations/depots were either closed altogether (leaving area residents with no intercity rail or bus service at all), OR, if service is STILL provided to a given city or town, now only utilizing a flimsy plastic bus shelter. or converted trailer.......how the mighty hath fallen!

"NYO"

["BUSES STOP HERE"]

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1976 map of intercity bus routes in Arizona.............

https://www.chicagorailfan.com/greyhraz.html

["PHOENIX"]

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Though only dating back to the 1960s, this "historic" GREYHOUND depot no longer stands, yet another fallen monument to the once-vast, far-reaching GREYHOUND empire...........

https://www.roadarch.com/bus/az.html

["GO GREYHOUND"]

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Here is one of the giant, mutated centipedes that now infest Phoenix. ("QUICK, HENRY! THE FLIT!")

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?95229

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["QUICK, HENRY! THE FLIT!"]

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Note the photo of the restored 1928 Phoenix streetcar, (#116) a car built eons before today's giant insects began crawling through the streets......(!!)

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

["Long Live REAL streetcars!!"]

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REAL streetcars, not giant insectoid mutants!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

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

["2-CAPITOL"]

[Cyberider]

Yep, Phoenix used to have real streetcars (until 1948) instead of the generic junk it and every other "progressive" city has today. If you want to see something really ugly, check out the "Tempe Streetcar," also operated by Valley Metro.

The best reference on Phoenix streetcars, IMHO, is "Ride a Mile and Smile the While" by Lawrence J. Fleming. Might be hard to locate at this late date, though.

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On this day in 1948......

Streetcar service in Phoenix came to an end.......

"NYO"

[Cyberider]

Correct. The end was precipitated by the car barn fire of 1947. My family arrived in Phoenix 8 years later when I was 4, completely missing out on this important part of Phoenix transit history.

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