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| Author: | Sloan [ Tue May 03, 2011 2:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Rio trolley on Amazing Race |
The preview for the final episode (CBS this Sunday) of The Amazing Race has a Rio trolley car scene. Here's a short YouTube clip showing some West Virginia University students carousing on board one of these open cars. Sloan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB0boEOeAMg |
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| Author: | wesp [ Tue May 03, 2011 3:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rio trolley on Amazing Race |
I saw the Rio car in the background of highlights for next week. I did not know that Rio still had open cars. Arethese from teh same vintage as the cars imported to the US in the 1960s? Wesley |
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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Tue May 03, 2011 5:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rio trolley on Amazing Race |
This one is pretty well known. You can also find it in episodes of CSI Miami. |
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| Author: | Steve Freer [ Wed May 04, 2011 12:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rio trolley on Amazing Race |
Back in the "boom years"* of the Chattanooga Choo Choo complex, they had an open-sided Rio trolley to go along with the two re-gauged New Orleans streetcars. They didn't use the open-sided car much because kids kept jumping on and off. I think it eventually went back to Rio. BTW: CCC only has one of the NO streetcars now as they resold one back to the South. *The Chattanooga Choo Choo (CCC) was at one time the #1 tourist attraction in Tennessee. But that was WAY before Dollywood! |
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| Author: | artschwartz [ Wed May 04, 2011 3:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rio trolley on Amazing Race |
As I recall, the Rio open car that was in Chattanooga is now in Memphis, heavily rebuilt. None of the Rio open cars imported in the 1960's were ever returned to Rio. |
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