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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Apr 1, 2003 10:46 pm
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Since it now appears that the nostalgic style CNG Trolley-Bus will begin operating, on a partial basis, on a number of D-DOT light service lines later this...
The DETROIT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION currently operates its fleet of 25 CHANCE Compressed Natural Gas trolley-replica buses on its #2-DOWNTOWN GET AROUND,...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the DSR-2-DOT group: Do you think the DDOT Trolley Bus should be also used for limited regular service...
DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Apr 3, 2003 4:30 am
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I agree with you. That type of coach was intended for tourist attractions and not for line haul service. D-DOT needs 35-ft coaches like we had before. Bad idea...
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Apr 4, 2003 6:55 am
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NEW HOME-PAGE PHOTO: Our current photo now displays a 1949 DSR St. Louis Car Co. built PCC streetcar. The first order of these PCC's were put into service on...
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Apr 6, 2003 6:40 am
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Just a reminder folks! ....We are currently conducting a Poll to get your opinion on the use of the nostalgic Chance Trolley-Buses on regular line-haul routes,...
Reminder from the Calendar of DSR-2-DOT
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DETROIT STREETCAR SEVICE ENDED ON THIS DATE
Tuesday April 8, 2003
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Apr 8, 2003 3:50 am
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oooops!!! A "typo" in the last two posted messages. How I missed that "R" in SERVICE I'll never know. It had been sitting there for weeks....and I never...
HELLO MEMBERS! As the Calendar Reminder stated earlier; this date, April 8th, back in 1956, marked the end of streetcar service here in Detroit. To commemorate...
THE P.C.C. ERA IN DETROIT - Part 1 (The Need for a Modern Streetcar) Even if you go back as far as the boom years of the "Roaring Twenties" streetcars were...
THE P.C.C. ERA IN DETROIT - Part 2 (The PCC Days in Detroit) After General Manager Fred Nolan's departure to Chicago in 1943, proponents for a retained and...
I DO BELIEVE SO......................... GILBERT IS FIRST WITH A 50/50 SPLIT TO SHOE & COOL. HOLD ON TIGHT CAUSE IT'S GOING TO GET EXTREMELY THICK !!!!!...
... From my understanding the closing of Gllbert this summer is the first phase of a four part extensive renovation program which will eventually affect all...
ATTENTION GROUP MEMBERS!!! FOR THOSE MEMBERS WHO READ MESSAGES FROM THE WEB-SITE: If you're using an Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) browser then you need to...
DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Apr 13, 2003 6:23 pm
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THE P.C.C. ERA IN DETROIT - Part 3 (Fixed Rail versus Flexibility) By 1950, a fleet of 186 PCC's were operating on the streets of Detroit, providing service on...
Good Afternoon, DSR-2-DOT: It was 54 years ago when the Detroit Common Council has approved the $2,700,000 purchase of 106 streamlined streetcars for the ...
The following DSR-2-DOT poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Do you think the DDOT Trolley Bus should be also used for limited...
DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Apr 14, 2003 7:39 am
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Member "dennismk12002" is definitely correct. I didn't mention it in my current PCC series, but the DSR did operate PCC's on the Baker line for a brief time on...
D-DOT seems to have been spared from the current round of layoffs proposed by Mayor Kilpatrick yesterday. Of course the City Council can make changes to the...