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JimmiB
Age: 81 Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Posts: 516 Location: Lebanon, PA
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Hart Bus
Age: 74 Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 1150
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Good luck in finding a buyer other than a scrap metal dealer. Other than a trolley museum who would want a trolley museum who'd be interested in it. Add to the price is the cost of removal and transport. |
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Mr. Linsky BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 5071 Location: BRENTWOOD, CA. - WOODMERE, N.Y.
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Hart Bus wrote: | Good luck in finding a buyer other than a scrap metal dealer. Other than a trolley museum who would want a trolley museum who'd be interested in it. Add to the price is the cost of removal and transport. |
ECA & JimmiB,
I get the feeling that the pictured trolley cars just might be replicas although any good trolley (and Detroit) historian could settle that claim quite quickly.
If they are real it would be a shame to see them destroyed.
Let's hope they find good new homes somewhere.
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Mr. 'L' |
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JimmiB
Age: 81 Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Posts: 516 Location: Lebanon, PA
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Some information I found on the City of Detroit web site:
On Sept. 20, 1976, the Detroit Dept. of Transportation acquired 4 recently restored trolleys from Lisbon, Portugal for use on Washington Blvd. as a "transit attraction". These would be the small cars. Over the years they acquired 5 more trolleys from various sources.
This service was discontinued in 2003 and all 9 cars were placed in storage. |
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ripta42 Site Admin
Age: 45 Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 1035 Location: Pawtucket, RI / Woburn, MA
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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None of them are replicas. Seven cars came from Lisbon, one from Vevey–Montreux–Chillon Tramway in Switzerland, and one is a double-decker from England. |
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