This is a little off topic and I'm not sure how many of you know this already but I have come acros some information on this plan that was proposed at the same...
... Be warned that this mailing list automatically removes attachments, so any file attached to an e-mail to this group will simply vanish. I would suggest...
Following is an Ottawa Citizen article on Ottawa's and Calgary's choices for rapid transit in the 1980s, and the consequences of those choices. A reply from...
Following is John Bakker's reply to the Ottawa vs. Calgary article sent earlier. Mark Walton mark.walton@... ... From: John Bakker To: Tim Lane ; BC...
just a note for the serious streetcar buffs about recent developments on york street: in the past couple of weeks, two small x-shaped sections of the...
... This year, the intersections of Richmond/Victoria and (I think) Adelaide/Victoria undergo repair, so I think you will see a similar rationalization of...
... Actually Calgary Transit operates 83 Siemens U2 + 2 U2AC + 12 Siemens SD160 cars for a total of 97. 3 more SD160s are on order for before the end of 2003...
There are no plans to retire the U2s any time soon; they need all the cars they can get. The first 27 U2s, now 20 years old, are just coming up for their...
If its teh same 70s proposal I saw, it was a circulator between downtown & the mountain, only about 6 stops. of questionable use. there was also GO-ALRT for...
... heavier than the U2s, thus more power-hungry. The catenary and substations on the new Fish Creek extension can just barely handle the SD160s' power loads,...
Yesterday whilst making my way accross the Leaside bridge, I'm sure I saw an Ontario Northland train (about 4 passenger cars as well as the engine). I thought...
Ten CLRVs are being modified with a revised seating arrangement in the rear of the car. Instead of two-and-two seating, the four forward-facing aisle seats on...
Scott Haskill
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Jan 4, 2002 2:20 am
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... This is a long overdue move in my view - hopefully it will have the desired effect. Perhaps after 20 years of never passing the centre doors, more ...
Actually the GO-ALRT was not going to use the LIM motors but was going to use adapted ICTS car bodies and control systems etc. and would have probably proven...
Hi This is from the Portland Tri-Met website. http://www.tri-met.org/pictures/image05.jpg Downtown Portland Transit Mall. Tri-Met rides top 300,000 for 1st...
... I was just wondering about that yesterday when I was packed into an overcrowded 505 car where no one would move past the centre doors, so that part of the...
I didn't even notice the lack of interior advertising. What I did notice, though, was that all the seats face the end of the car; those in the front half all...
... york street: in the past couple of weeks, two small x-shaped sections of the northbound track have been taken up and replaced with straight rail sections,...
Scott Haskill
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Jan 4, 2002 1:30 pm
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... I saw an ... engine). I ... Nope. You can still catch the train to Cochrane via North Bay every day except Saturdays. Christian Owner:...
... There's no way the Ontario Northland train is going to be discontinued. It serves Mike Harris's home town. So why not vote NDP in the next election and we...
... -- With the undesirable result that over the decades tons of road salt were dumped on City streets, which subsequently damaged streetcars (resulting in...
Robert Lubinski
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Jan 4, 2002 10:03 pm
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The following is an article from the globeandmail.com Web Centre. This article from http://www.globeandmail.com was sent to you by (). Get today's news...
PLEASE COME TO THIS MONTH'S ROCKET RIDERS MEETING1 This Tuesday (January 8), 6:30 pm, Committee Room 2, Toronto City Hall. I know TTC fares just went up.But,...
This type of attitude is why I do not like Rocket Riders as they tend to scream at the TTC for everything that happens even if everyone in the city was taking...
... Well, I applaud the Rocket Riders for attempting to get people to notice the importance of public transportation in this city. I admit that their criticism...
