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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Dec 1, 2004 2:02 pm
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(updated 09/25/04) 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...
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Dec 1, 2004 2:02 pm
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Hello "NEW" Members! We here at "DSR-2-DOT" would like to say "WELCOME ABOARD!!" to the following members (listed by their Yahoo! ID names) who found our...
From time to time, we here at "DSR-2-DOT" like to post little known facts, figures and trivia messages, we call "Factoids," to help inform our membership of...
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Dec 5, 2004 1:42 pm
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NEW PHOTO NOW ON OUR HOME-PAGE: Our group's current home-page photo now features one of the remaining 1993 New Flyer coaches, model D40HF, still in service on...
hEY fOLKS! I happen to run across another article regarding broken wheelchair lifts on D-DOT buses. This one is from the Thursday, November 18, 2004, online...
I was wondering why Detroit started replacing street signs that have address numbers on them, with new ones that don't have the address numbers on them? To me...
Double "A", I agree with your comment. I don't like that same issue with the new signs that I have noticed. Also, anyone know why the font was changed and...
Well my brothers, your discussions caused me to do a little research and this is what I found...money, money, money! The street signage with the numbers...
A DETROIT TRANSIT FACTOID: SEATS ON THE EXPRESS BUS Did you know... That at one time the DSR implemented a program where all passengers were guaranteed a seat...
CITY ORDINANCE FACTOID: OBSTRUCTING DRIVER'S VIEW Did you know ...That there's up to a $100.00 fine for anyone who stands and blocks the view of a coach...
I don't know if it was "law" or just "operating policy", but in the 1950s I can recall DSR trolleybuses and PCC cars having an interior ceiling sign mounted...
Anniversary Reminder from the Calendar of DSR-2-DOT
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TROLLEY-BUS SERVICE RETURNED TO DETROIT ON THIS DATE IN 1949...
DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Dec 15, 2004 5:05 am
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after a while DOT wanted to be more passenger friendly and behind the white line became a thing of the past but in common sense they were allowing them selves...
Those 60 Twins the DSR acquired in 1949 for CROSSTOWN were rather rare birds.....the San Francisco Muni system was the only other purchaser of the striking...
Anniversary Reminder from the Calendar of DSR-2-DOT
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THE OLD D.S.R. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CLOSES ON THIS DATE IN...
DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Dec 17, 2004 5:05 am
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... No they didn't ...Detroit's fleet of PCC streetcars only operated on the Gratiot, Jefferson, Michigan, and Woodward lines. There was a brief period on...
Thanks for the info. I am building a few of the buildings in O-scale and was wondering what type of cars ran in that neigborhood. It seems hard to find photos...
Hi I wondering if DDOT still has Neoplan articulated coaches,left How many were used by the city and which Terminal handle these coaches Thanks in advance for...
... OK, Glad I could help. It ought to be interesting to see your model when you're finished.... What era are you working in? I've always found it interesting,...
... Well those #8900 series Neoplan articulated coaches, or "artics" (as DDOT operators use to call them), have long gone. The last ones were retired in the...
So how was the performance on the Neoplan artics and did it have early frame problem? Been hearing Neoplan were having trouble with their workmanship quality...
Information of their performance on the road could be obtained by inquiring from those drivers who drove them and was even assigned one particular coach ot...
Hey Herb, operator 2376. I had the challenge of driving one of the articulate coaches when they first came out from the shoemaker terminal Reply back to me...
... articulate coaches when they first came out from the shoemaker terminal Reply back to me with any questions.. ... Hey operator #2376.....don't hold back!...
From time to time, we here at "DSR-2-DOT" like to post little known facts, figures and trivia messages, we call "Factoids," to help inform our membership of...
DSR-2-DOT@yahoogroups...
Dec 19, 2004 2:56 pm
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The recent discussion on artics has me intrigued, as I wasn't even aware that Detroit ever had any. Which routes had the artics in regular service? Thanks in...
OUR HOME-PAGE HOLIDAY PHOTO: Our group's temporary home-page photo now features a 1946, gasoline powered, 44-passenger, Twin Coach Company built DSR bus. Our...
... DDOT's fleet of articulated buses arrived in 1989 and were always assigned only to the east side Shoemaker Terminal. They were used at first only on...
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