When Emiliano Echeverria and I were developing our then future Arcadia publication San Francisco’s Powell Cable Cars, Bob Townley was reading early issues of...
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John Smatlak
jsmatlak
Jan 2, 2006 6:49 am
Happy New Year! This email is our weekly update on operation, maintenance and restoration of OERM' s collection of Los Angeles (and other) electric railway...
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eabracher@...
Jan 7, 2006 8:53 pm
Was there a designated front for the box cabs? I could not find a "F" like the diesels had in any photos. eric...
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superdave_frevele
superdave_fr...
Jan 8, 2006 1:27 am
... You're incorrigible, Marnell. In a good way. And best of luck mapping Echo Canyon, though I'm sure you had wish you had it further along! ...
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superdave_frevele
superdave_fr...
Jan 8, 2006 1:35 am
This is disconcerting, delay heaped upon even further delay, here's the sole mention I've seen in the press for months about when Angels Flight would reopen. ...
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Ken Harrison
sptrain98
Jan 8, 2006 5:34 am
... If you mean the box motors, then as I recall the ends were treated as "A" and "B," and the designation had nothing to do with an end being front or back...
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Biff Byrum
nightdriver09
Jan 10, 2006 4:48 am
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/14054305p-14885573c.html Above is a link to an article in today's Sacramento Bee. So possibly Gunnar has had a little...
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Bill Burg
william_a_burg
Jan 10, 2006 6:46 pm
Considering that the track in the bridge had been sitting covered for 40 or so years, it would probably have needed relaying anyhow--and maybe because a lot of...
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Dick Shelley
rsshelley43
Jan 10, 2006 7:44 pm
Bill: You present a very interesting observation here. A true streetcar line between Sacto and West Sacto would definitely make for a nostalgic tourist venue...
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Bill Burg
william_a_burg
Jan 11, 2006 12:00 am
Actually, I wasn't thinking in terms of a nostalgic tourist line, although restored or reproduction cars might not be a bad idea. The location would have...
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John Smatlak
jsmatlak
Jan 11, 2006 8:05 am
This email is our weekly update on operation, maintenance and restoration of OERM' s collection of Los Angeles (and other) electric railway equipment. If you...
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Cal Cable
powellcable
Jan 14, 2006 1:51 am
This coming Tuesday, January 17, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm Emiliano Echeverria and I will be participating in an Arcadia Publishing celebration of San Francisco...
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Harry A Marnell
harry_marnell
Jan 14, 2006 6:53 pm
... I went by there just after Christmas, and found it mostly double fenced-off now... you can barely get past the curb at the northwest side where the tracks...
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eabracher@...
Jan 17, 2006 1:16 am
I am in the process of decalling a tiger strip SW-1 and noted the frame stripes lean back as compared to VO-660's VO-1000's and AS-6116's that lean forward. ...
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Holland Electric Rwy....
prcopcc
Jan 18, 2006 12:18 am
Good Morning! My N.M.R.A. (National Model Railroad Assoc.) notes on its calendar that::: """Bay Area Rapid Transport (BART) forms [this date], ...
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Peter Ehrlich
norcalrr
Jan 18, 2006 10:26 pm
Hi, gang! I've had a bunch of new San Jose VTA images uploaded to the world.nycsubway.org site. These include plenty of vintage cars in action as well as the...
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Peter Ehrlich
norcalrr
Jan 18, 2006 11:39 pm
Hi, gang! In my recent spate of e-mails regarding my images uploaded to the world.nycsubway.org site, I may have indicated incorrect URLs. Here's the correct...
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John Smatlak
jsmatlak
Jan 19, 2006 10:11 pm
This email is our weekly update on operation, maintenance and restoration of OERM' s collection of Los Angeles (and other) electric railway equipment. If you...
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Ken Harrison
sptrain98
Jan 20, 2006 7:56 am
... Only the original motors were "hot rods." The trailers that were motorized used equipment similar to the IER cars and were definitely NOT "hot rods." Ken...
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Dick Shelley
rsshelley43
Jan 22, 2006 11:03 pm
Hi Jim: A friend sent this picture of a LATL sub-station and wondered where it was located. The picture was taken in '83 and the building apparently was used...
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Harry A Marnell
harry_marnell
Jan 22, 2006 11:16 pm
I don't know the name it went by, but I think you're right... up at Huron & Ave 28, off Cypress: http://www.huronsubstation.com/ ...
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Ray Bacon
rbaconus
Jan 23, 2006 1:52 am
That sounds like Avenue 26, near Cypress, in Glassell Park area. I could be way off, but I seem to recall that "W" may have gone up North Figueroa Street in...
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Dick Shelley
rsshelley43
Jan 23, 2006 4:03 am
Did you all know that MCI makes an Electric Trolley Bus? Well, here's a picture. Pretty snazzy, huh? <g> The next generation zero emission bus. Dick...
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Harry A Marnell
harry_marnell
Jan 23, 2006 4:20 am
... Looks an awful lot like the one that brought a somewhat winded fellow down out of Shepherd Canyon about four (already??) years ago... and on to many other...
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Don Riley
steamengine4450
Jan 23, 2006 5:16 am
lol ok buddy put the pipe down! San Fran has some eleectric buses but they do not look quite like that one. That one has a full panagraph like Pennsy used....
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f-v-h@...
buzzoff86
Jan 23, 2006 7:52 am
Amazing what can be done with Photo Shop....
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Christian Tobar
gatewaycityca
Jan 23, 2006 8:59 am
Harry et al, That's actually a pretty cool looking building. From the pictures at the links you gave in your post, I can just imagine transformers and rotary...
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Ken Harrison
sptrain98
Jan 23, 2006 9:27 am
... Seems to me that was the substation up by Division Three, and I don't think the 7 or F cars used it. In the days of LATL, I think it was just used by the...
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Harry A Marnell
harry_marnell
Jan 23, 2006 5:00 pm
Not maps per se, and it's obviously a work-in-progress, but http://maps.a9.com/ has some very interesting potential. Punch in address, center the map, and...
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Dick Shelley
rsshelley43
Jan 23, 2006 5:38 pm
Oh, you mean the only guy walking up the canyon that I, the guy with the cane, could out walk???? Time does fly; and we sure had a great time, huh? Dick Harry...
