To our new members who haven't checked them out yet, we have three (3) messages posted in our message archives dealing with the beginnings of public...
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Yahoo! Reminder
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Jun 6, 2003 3:50 am
Anniversary Reminder from the Calendar of DSR-2-DOT
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSR-2-DOT/cal
GILBERT TERMINAL OPENED ON THIS DATE IN 1948
Friday June 6,...
GILBERT TERMINAL: 55 YEARS OLD TODAY!!!!! Today marks the 55th Anniversary of the opening of the DDOT's Gilbert Terminal. It was on this day, June 6, 1948,...
NEW HOME-PAGE PHOTO: Our group's current home-page photo now displays a 1945 DSR General Motors "old look" coach model TD-4506. Photo coach #1019 belonged to a...
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DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Jun 8, 2003 7:28 pm
Here's a tip that can make maneuvering thru the web-site a little faster for you. Whether you're a new member, or you just haven't visited the web-site in a...
HURRY!! HURRY!!! Just a quick reminder....but there's very little time left to share your point of view regarding DARTA. A little over a week ago we started an...
How much more smoothly would things run "IF" the TRANFERS were eliminated and the fare was dropped down to still COMPENSATE the.......... $1.50-$1.75 issue???...
Can I get a triple ? I'm going within one block of my original line. ... From: "GLACIUS3932" <glacius3932@...> To: <DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
I have said the same thing for years! Eliminate the transfer & make the fare 75 cents everytime you got on the bus. Look at the numbers of wasted, unused...
Good Evening, Everyone: It was 54 years ago when the Detroit Department of Street Railways continued to be plagued by troubles. General Manager Leo J. Nowicki...
What most people won't admit is that with politics, kickbacks are paid to accomplish many tasks that seem simple. Since we contract out most printing ...
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DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Jun 15, 2003 7:54 am
The following DSR-2-DOT poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Now that a recent agreement has been signed creating the Detroit Area ...
Could one day "IF" the public as a whole.......get up on SUNDAY to go to WORK, CHURCH, or to visit MOM or DAD more often that the need for faster "SERVICE" on...
I was re-reading the posts this morning regarding the elimination of transfers and would have to agree that this issue should be, at the very least, looked at...
Good Day To Everyone, I would love to know why DOT has not gone to card transfers that come out of the fare box with the black strip on the back that would...
With all the Centennial Celebration and hype centering around the June 16th Ford Motor Company 100th Year Anniversary, I'm sure you couldn't help but notice...
Good Day To Everyone, I would love to know why DOT has not gone to card transfers that come out of the fare box with the black strip on the back that would...
GM BUSES IN DETROIT - INTRO (GM's ARRIVAL IN THE BUS INDUSTRY) Before we begin our series on GM's bus monopoly in the Detroit transit market, we'll begin first...
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DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Jun 22, 2003 9:21 am
Here's a tip that can make maneuvering thru the web-site a little faster for you. Whether you're a new member, or you just haven't visited the web-site in a...
Hey Folks!! Anybody got to check out the DDOT radio ads running this week promoting the Wednesday nite DDOT Fireworks Park & Ride Shuttles? It's about time we...
We can't keep regular service! great idea, but not plausible. Also, we get special grant money for special programs. This is part of the federal, state and...
Good point and thanks for the additional info .....I guess I was just daydreaming and wishing for better things. Maybe the dream had something to do about the...
Later today, Part One in our "GM BUSES IN DETROIT" series will be posted. During this entire series coach model numbers will be used to refer to the various GM...
GM BUSES IN DETROIT - Part 1 [DETROIT'S FIRST FLEET OF DIESELS] Just as with its streetcar fleet, the DSR found its bus fleet in pretty much the same worn-out...
The photo attachment below shows DSR coach #1002. It was from a fleet of thirty GM "old look" diesel coaches, Model number TD-4506, fleet number 1001-1030,...
The photo attachment below shows a front interior view of a DSR Model TD-4506 coach. Transit buffs sometimes refer to these first old looks as "baldies"...
The photo attachment below shows DSR coach #1073. It was from a fleet of ninety GM "old look" diesel coaches, Model number TDH-4008, fleet number 1031-1120,...
sorry for the typo. i meant rode not road! ... _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2...
ATTENTION MEMBERS!!! As we take a look at each series of GM coaches there will also be a photo album done on that coach as well. Additional photos of the...
NEW PHOTO ON HOME-PAGE: Our group's current home-page photo now displays a DDOT 2001 NovaBUS "RTS" coach, model RTS82. Photo coach #3714 belongs to a fleet of...
