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Author:  Bob Yarger [ Wed Nov 06, 2002 11:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Free trolleys in Aspen?
See link below. I think these are ex-Porto cars, but not sure. Anyone have photos?

http://www.aspentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=AT&Date=20021106&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=211050006&Ref=AR
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Author:  Wesley Paulson [ Thu Nov 07, 2002 10:58 am ]
Post subject:  Lisbon Cars in Aspen
I don't have photos. I corresponded with Aspen last year about the cars. They are ex-Lisbon cars with British motors and running gear. Bodies are in fair condition as the cars have been outdoors for many years. At the time I inquired, the city preferred the cars go where they would be operated, not scrapped or parted-out.

Wesley

> See link below. I think these are ex-Porto
> cars, but not sure. Anyone have photos?
Author:  Bob Yarger [ Thu Nov 07, 2002 3:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Lisbon Cars in Aspen
Aren't the Lisbon cars meter gauge? That could limit their usefullness here in America.



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Author:  Timothy Davis [ Thu Nov 07, 2002 4:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Lisbon Cars in Aspen
> Aren't the Lisbon cars meter gauge? That
> could limit their usefullness here in
> America.

We've got Lisbon cars here in Detroit, MI. There is also (or maybe was, I know they sold a car to a community in Canada) a museum in Minnesota that has/had at least 1 Lisbon car. They are a 90cm gauge or just a fraction under 3 feet. I've also heard these cars described as being about 3/4 the size of a U.S. trolley. The link below is for the Aspen trolley website. There are plenty of pictures there. I hope they don't give up.


http://www.aspentrolley.com/index.html
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Author:  Bob Yarger [ Fri Nov 08, 2002 2:09 pm ]
Post subject:  How effective are the batteries?
I note via links from the Aspen trolley link provided that one old trolley has apparently been converted to a 48-volt battery system of operation. Anyone know how well this worked out? I wouldn't think it would have much range.

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