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| Author: | railfan261 [ Sun May 20, 2012 3:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | "The Excelsior Streetcar Line" |
Here is a link to a blog post of mine with photos by the author of the streetcar line in Excelsior, Minnesota: http://tracksidet.blogspot.com/2012/05/ ... -line.html Enjoy! |
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| Author: | railfan261 [ Sun May 20, 2012 6:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "The Excelsior Streetcar Line" |
As an addendum to the above post, here is an article I wrote about the steamboat Minnehaha and her sisters: http://theldhistory.blogspot.com/p/stre ... mmary.html What is the rail-related content? The fleet of boats Minnehaha belonged to were called "streetcar boats"; the answer why can be found in my article! |
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| Author: | Bob Davis [ Sun May 20, 2012 10:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "The Excelsior Streetcar Line" |
What a beautiful sight! A parking lot turned back into a trolley line. A similar situation exists on the north side of Sacramento, where the RT Metro light rail line runs through a section reclaimed from a parking lot. |
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| Author: | Al Stangenberger [ Sun May 20, 2012 11:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "The Excelsior Streetcar Line" |
Bob Davis wrote: What a beautiful sight! A parking lot turned back into a trolley line. A similar situation exists on the north side of Sacramento, where the RT Metro light rail line runs through a section reclaimed from a parking lot. Actually it's not a reclaimed parking lot - it was part of an interchange which was going to become another freeway to bypass part of I-80. Concerned citizens advocated that the proposed bypass be used for light rail instead, and they succeeded. |
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| Author: | Bob Davis [ Mon May 21, 2012 8:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "The Excelsior Streetcar Line" |
I'm aware of the abandoned freeway section; the part I was referring to is near the Swanston station. The track curves through a parking lot on a route that was chosen to avoid running through a building-supply yard (one could envision a customer being warned, "Watch our for the trains running between the lumber stacks and the roofing supplies"). Alas, last time I was in that part of Sacramento, the building supply yard was out of business. |
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