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Apr 1, 2005 4:37 pm
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JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED A TOPIC OR TWO! In case you haven't checked them out yet, we have a number of messages posted over in the "DSR-2-DOT" message archives...
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Apr 1, 2005 4:37 pm
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OH WELL!! I guess the soap-opera like saga at DDOT never ends! Rumors are now running rampant as to whether DDOT's current Director, Norman L. White, is still...
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Apr 2, 2005 6:57 pm
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I have just joined your Detroit DOT yahoo group and look forward to hearing lots about the fleet equipment and operations. For the past 26 years I have worked...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the DSR-2-DOT group. File :...
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Apr 3, 2005 2:40 am
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Reminder from the Calendar of DSR-2-DOT
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Apr 3, 2005 6:50 am
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Hello Richard, nice to join the group! As GM is one of the better buses when it comes standing up on the road esp. for Detroit roads. Those NFI will be one of...
Nice photos Richard.....thanks for sharing them with the group. Those retired ex-DDOT #1900's look like new buses. I'm surprised to hear that the old City...
The first big wave of ex Detroit Classics to come to Ontario were of course the 1900 series. Many were in extremely poor shape and have been used for parts...
... The feds don't "force" the retirement after 12 years. Most systems in the country keep their buses beyond the 12-year mark. I don't know all the details,...
OKay....I have to admit what you shared does make more sense to me. Actually, I was told that information by someone over in vehicle maintenance some years...
... Essentially, yes. I don't know the "penalty" for retiring buses early, but I do know that it can be done. For example, Milwaukee recently (about 1999 or...
You know Kenosha Transit retired 9-1994 and 3-1996 NOVA RTS' this past December, and basically replaced their fleet with 29 and 35 foot gillig low floor buses ...
Thanks Richard for posting those photos showing those old and rehabbed DDOT #1900's. I even showed them to a few DDOT operators who currently don't have...
The last two ex Detroit buses to enter service in Ontario were two that joined Cornwall Transit in the fall of 2003. Cornwall has a relatively small transit...
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DETROIT STREETCAR SERVICE ENDED ON THIS DATE IN 1956
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Apr 8, 2005 4:05 am
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THE END OF DETROIT STREETCARS Today marks the anniversary of the end of street railway service here in Detroit. It was forty-nine years ago today when the last...
... long because the bad track cracked motor casings, I believe. ... As always "timtrolleydavis" you're right-on the money! But while checking up the dates I...
... Thank you very much for your comments. I'm glad you do find the history we share here informative. I realize things can also get somewhat political here at...
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Apr 10, 2005 1:58 pm
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ATTENTION MEMBERS! Back on August 21, 2003, major changes were implemented by Yahoo! Groups which resulted in all photos attachments sent via email no longer...
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Apr 10, 2005 3:18 pm
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For those wondering how in the world BAKER came to be a route name, Bagley was once known as Baker Street....and after the streetname change, for whatever...
Good Evening, Everyone: PCC's were used on the Baker line on weekends and holidays only from March 19, 1950, to November 18, 1951, when they were withdrawn due...
I've often heard the comments made that us folks at the terminal level are the last ones at DDOT to be given any important information....if at all, sometimes...
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