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Harry Marnell
marnells@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 6, 1999 6:12 am
The Library of Congress has a great downloadable film by Thomas Edison, of a train going through the tunnel under what is now Ocean Avenue and north below the...
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Harry Marnell
marnells@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 6, 1999 6:15 am
For that "tunnel" movie, it's exact URL...if you can copy/paste this whole thing...is: ...
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FP45@...
Mar 17, 1999 4:46 pm
I am a newcomer to this SIG and joined just after returning from a great trip to San Francisco. It's not that I've discovered SF--I've been there many ...
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David Banbury
dbanbury@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 16, 1999 11:30 am
Joe, Here is the URL for the Market Street Railway: http://www.streetcar.org/HOME.html Hope this helps. David Banbury David/David Productions San Francisco...
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Kenneth Harrison
train98@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 18, 1999 8:21 am
Heck, Joe, if I had known you were around Muni, I would like to have joined you...and I just live across in the "mysterious East Bay," on the resort island of...
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FP45@...
Mar 18, 1999 2:04 pm
In a message dated 3/18/99 3:20:06 AM Mountain Standard Time, TROLLEYSca@onelist.com writes: << Joe, Here is the URL for the Market Street Railway: ...
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trainman@xxxxxx.xxx
Mar 19, 1999 2:57 am
The anti-rail zealots of the "Bus Riders Union" here in L.A. are at it again with the Pasadena Blue Line (ex-ATSF Pasadena Subdivision) which is allegedly...
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Chris
chrisgsr@xxx.xxxx
Mar 19, 1999 4:19 am
What is with these stupid bus people anyways?? They killed the clean running PE and now they want to do the samething to the present day version. What idiots!...
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Bruce McCosh
bmccosh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Mar 19, 1999 4:42 am
Change and competition are pretty scary things to deal with, especially if there is even the slightest hint of a political agenda and/or pocket stuffing to be...
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Kenneth Harrison
train98@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 19, 1999 7:09 am
As I understand it, these "stupid bus people" are a coalition of poor people (of many colors) for whom local service, particularly in southwest, southcentral,...
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Kenneth Harrison
train98@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 19, 1999 7:13 am
A point I forgot, further to my rant just sent, is that it appears to this (mercifully) distant observer that the amount of money squandered by the rail...
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Merritt Mullen
mmullen@xxxxxxxxxx.xx...
Mar 19, 1999 6:45 pm
Actually, the previous poster ("Chris") confused two very different "stupid bus people", who had nothing to do with each other. As you say, much has been...
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Merritt Mullen
mmullen@...
Mar 19, 1999 7:00 pm
... Once again, the poor are not demanding more buses, they are rightfully demanding better transit. More buses on saturated streets won't do much to solve...
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Chris
chrisgsr@...
Mar 20, 1999 1:08 am
Thank you Merritt for clarifying the issue at hand. I am sure most people offended by my comments are uneducated on the issue at hand and mearly enraged by my...
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Kenneth Harrison
train98@...
Mar 20, 1999 9:17 am
It is clear that we would have some disagreements as to how the transportation problems in east and south Los Angeles might be solved. I would argue that the...
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trainman@xxxxxx.xxx
Mar 20, 1999 4:52 pm
I thought this was the TROLLEY LIST, not the politician list. I post a news item and get political-based responses, even from folks who have never lived down...
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Merritt Mullen
mmullen@xxxxxxxxxx.xx...
Mar 20, 1999 5:11 pm
... I would argue that their are plenty of "heavily traveled corridors" in LA (look at any freeway). Rail transit (especially light rail) certainly is cheaper...
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CHARLES VERCELLI
CFV@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Mar 20, 1999 9:22 pm
While it's fun to just talk trolleys and light rail, it is a fact that they are tied very closely to politics and if one wants to advocate more trolleys and...
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trainman@xxxxxx.xxx
Mar 21, 1999 5:46 pm
I never said politics had nothing to do with trolleys. As the list responses show, this is turning into a political science lecture, not a trolley list. If...
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Harry Marnell
marnells@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 22, 1999 5:22 pm
ALL LIST SUBSCRIBERS: I received this message from the list administrator guys. Harry ... From: ONElist Tech Support <admin@onelist.com> To:...
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Harry Marnell
marnells@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 25, 1999 3:53 pm
... From: Gndlfstram@... <Gndlfstram@...> To: trolleys@... <trolleys@...> Cc: interurbans@onelist.com <interurbans@onelist.com>;...
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Harry Marnell
marnells@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 30, 1999 9:25 pm
Save the Geneva Car Barn SAVE THE GENEVA CAR BARN This 97 year-old architectural relic could become the first city landmark ever to be demolished. LATEST NEWS:...
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Harry Marnell
marnells@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 31, 1999 1:57 pm
... From: Don Ross <don0731@...> Subject: [traction] Anniversary Date...
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Harry Marnell
marnells@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 2, 1999 3:43 pm
FYI- Here are a few of my favorite trolley stops...any other good ones (especially related to California)?? http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/pery.htm ...
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Don Ross
don0731@xxx.xxxx
Apr 2, 1999 4:04 pm
I have some pages including a lot of Key System photos at http://donross.railspot.com Don (at work) ... From: Harry Marnell <marnells@...> To:...
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Harry Marnell
marnells@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 2, 1999 4:50 pm
OERM - HomepageHow could I forget THIS one.... Orange Empire Railway Museum Located in the State of California, County of Riverside, City of Perris ... ...
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BartN51729@xxx.xxx
Apr 2, 1999 4:58 pm
Try www.wrm.org. The Western Railway Museum at Rio Vista Junction. Go to Archives page, then weekly archives photo. Usually four or five rare street railway or...
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Harry Marnell
marnells@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 3, 1999 5:54 am
... From: Jim Holland <pghpcc@...> To: traction@onelist.com <traction@onelist.com>; interurbans@onelist.com <interurbans@onelist.com>;...
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trainman@xxxxxx.xxx
Apr 5, 1999 5:45 am
Santa Clara County VTA UTDC LRV 802 (in the new "mostly white" paint scheme") is chillin' under the watchful guard of an APS security officer at the end of the...
