TRANSPORTATION: TROLLEY TRAIN SUBWAY LIGHT RAIL BUS CITY HISTORY : UNITED STATES: CITIES: COLUMBUS, OHIO: When Streetcars Ruled
David P. Dillard
TRANSPORTATION: TROLLEY TRAIN SUBWAY LIGHT RAIL BUS CITY HISTORY :
UNITED STATES: CITIES: COLUMBUS, OHIO:
When Streetcars Ruled
When Streetcars Ruled
Columbus prepares to step back into the transit future
Monday, April 14, 2008 3:13 AM
By Robert Vitale
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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2008/04/14/OLDTROLLEY.ART_ART_04-14-08_A1_P59S41B.html?sid=101>
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Mayor Michael B. Coleman doesn't want to bring streetcars to Columbus. He
wants to bring them back.
From Bexley to the Hilltop, from the South Side to Worthington, from
Westerville and Upper Arlington into Downtown, earlier generations of
central Ohioans were regular riders of the rails.
In streetcars' heyday in the 1920s, more than 700 miles of track
crisscrossed the region, a system far more extensive than the 2.8-mile run
between Downtown and Ohio State University that could make its debut in
2012 if the City Council approves spending $103 million to start it.
Several old routes covered the stretch of High Street where Coleman hopes
a modern streetcar will attract housing and businesses. The Dispatch
retraced parts of those runs -- the High and Whittier line and the North
and South High line -- to see what's left of the old system and how people
feel about a new one.
Car 765 left Broad and High just before midnight for the last run to
Clintonville. It was Sept. 6, 1947. The next trip, the next morning, would
be made by trolley coach, a bus powered by electricity that used the same
overhead lines as Columbus' vanishing streetcars.
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Streetcars never ran down E. Broad Street, though. No one wanted to mar
the "hoity-toity" boulevard with tracks and trains, Campbell said.
Today, near the end of the old streetcar line in Clintonville, a string of
businesses caters to those behind their own wheels.
AutoZone. Jiffy Lube. Drive-through windows at Wendy's and McDonald's.
Generations ago, streetcars helped carry people out this far.
Now, Coleman and other backers hope, streetcars will lure them back in.
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Now if you are wondering who would consider taking a trolley car or as the
updated versions of this mode of transit are called, light rail, consider
what is happening in Charlotte, North Carolina with the LYNX, not at the
zoo, mind you, but very much on track.
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More light-rail riders
Herald Online
By Staff Reports heraldonline.com FTP
Published 04/13/08 - 12:00 AM |
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With the cost of a gallon of gasoline approaching $4, it is no wonder that
Charlotte's light rail system is looking like a good alternative to many
commuters. In fact, the Lynx Blue Line might be a little too popular.
Officials with the Charlotte Area Transportation System reported recently
that the Blue Line's 1,120-space parking deck at the Interstate 485/South
Boulevard station is filling up every day, and drivers are circling for
spots. The same thing is happening at the next station to the north --
Sharon Road West -- with its 188 spaces also filling up.
The other five park-and-ride lots still have plenty of room. But it is
clear that more people are using light rail.
Transit ridership now routinely tops the 9,100 riders a day CATS officials
projected in late November, when the Lynx first opened.
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In Philadelphia, very early Monday morning, 12:40 A.M. as I orignally
heard or 3:57 A.M., the riders waiting for their 66 bus at Frankford
Transportation Center to City Line, may have been quite surprised to see a
brand new trackless trolley pull up to load instead as block 2053 to make
runs until around noon. Soon thereafter a group of waiting 75 bus users
were to get the same surprise as a trackless rounded the corner coming
from Frankford Depot for a full service schedule on route 75 starting with
loading at the Margaret Orthodox terminal at that station stop of the
Market Frankford Subway Elevated Line. Philadelphia had again become one
of the five United States cities with trackless trolley or trolley bus
service on its streets in regular revenue service with what will be soon
38 New Flyer trackless trolleys in service on Philadelphia streets. With
diesel motors as well, these trackless vehicles can go off line to get
around an obstacle and return to the route having passed the obstacle on
diesel power. After a test in the hospital this morning, not a good way
to start a day, I remembered that the 75 was out past noon, so we followed
its route that starts near the hospital and sure enough caught the
trackless passing us heading east into the Castor and Wyoming circle, sure
looked good seeing this modern transit vehicle, wires held high, kind of
made up for the morning. Having a light lunch after no food for quite a
while without food was also very helpful in leaving the morning behind.
"Daddypop's Diner" in Hatboro
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I do not recommend this diner for dinner, however, as while they are open
seven days a week on Old York Road at the north end of the business
district, they close at 2:00 each day. This will leave the rest of the
afternoon for visiting the Philadelpha Athletics baseball museum.
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The Keeper of the Philadelphia A's Legacy
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
Published: March 12, 2006
New York Times
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Ten years ago, Montella co-founded the Philadelphia Athletics Historical
Society, and he serves as a board member of this bridge to a once-storied
franchise, winners of nine pennants featuring Hall of Famers like Home Run
Baker, Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx, Eddie Collins, Mickey Cochrane and Al
Simmons.
The Athletics' glory years ended in the Depression, when Connie Mack,
their venerable manager and owner, sold off his talent. By the 1950's, the
A's were floundering in the shadow of the Philadelphia Phillies'
pennant-winning Whiz Kids, and they fled to Kansas City in 1955 before
settling in Oakland in 1968.
No matter for Montella, who grew up in Marcus Hook, Pa., 20 miles outside
Philadelphia, and remembers accompanying his father to see the
Philadelphia Athletics when "if I went to a game and they won, it was like
winning the lottery."
In 1990, Montella attended a baseball-memorabilia show where he saw a huge
line waiting for autographs from Eddie Joost, the Athletics' All-Star
shortstop and their manager during their last season in Philadelphia.
"Eddie Joost was a name like Phil Rizzuto for Yankee fans," Montella
recalled. "He was a favorite of the A's in their last hurrah in
Philadelphia."
Montella helped organize a campaign to have a plaque of Joost included on
a Wall of Fame at the Phillies' Veterans Stadium honoring former Athletics
players. That drive brought together former A's followers who founded the
historical society to keep their memories alive.
[The complete article may be read at the URL immediately above.]
The diner and the museum are serviced by Midvale depot articulated buses
on the Route 22 line that originates at the Broad and Olney terminal of
the Broad Street Subway Line. They are walking distance from the Hatboro
station of the Warminster high speed rail line as well.
Trackless Trolleys or Trolley Busses Provide Cost Effective Service
The Trolley Stop
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Trackless Trolleys [Philadelphia]
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Trackless Trolleys
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images/Philadelphia/TT/FrankfordSnow.jpg>
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Trackless Trolley Acquisition (38 vehicles)
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This photo simply smokes:
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Back to Greener pastures
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The SEPTA Elevated Line: All Rise
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There is no doubt about it, Philadelphia has appeal
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Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:29:33 -0500
From: David P. Dillard <j...@temple.edu>
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TRACKLESS&submit=Search&charset=windows-1252>
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