L.A. - S.F. subway

[Ferris Buehler]

Back in 1903, Henry Huntington built the first subway line using pneumatic
tubes. The line was built under contract from the war department and was
classified "above top secret".

The subway cars were able to reach an impressive 150 mph using vacuum
compression technology developed by the University of California, Berkeley.

The line played a pivotal role in WW1 and WW2 and was decommissioned in 1962
under orders of President Kennedy.

President Obama has pledged over $1 billion to modernize the line and open
it to the public for the first time.

[George Jetson]

"Ferris Buehler" <n...@spammy.forme.org> wrote in message
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Here's a few photos of the L.A. station

http://www.boingboing.net/images/subway-r1.jpg

http://davidbyrne.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/11_29_05_b_city_hall_subway_1.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2816756744_94619529df.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics22/00045936.jpg

and a view of one of the cars

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2217/2388851688_35606eafb2.jpg

[Bob Edgeworthy]

Dude, those photos are totally awesome!

Do you have any pics of the mag-lev test track RTD built under city hall
back in the 70's?

"George Jetson" <george...@transitsystemsofthefuture.org> wrote in
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