I always loved the maze of overhead wires required to run the street cars. They helped me imagine what it must be like to live in a cage.
Posted on 08/28/2009 5:31:42 PM PDT by Sugarpuddin88
GM killed the beautiful electric street cars!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_NcwTbpIDQ
You see them all over Europe; but who killed all the electric street cars in America?
Answer: GM – The same people you bailed out this year with billions upon billions of free tax payer money!
Criminal conspiracy chargers were pressed resulting in a fine of one dollar.
Meanwhile, places that lost their street cars like LA, will need 150 billion to replace just a small portion of the electric street car system!
How beautiful the world would be if the USA wasn’t run by elites who legally bribe their politicians.
I used to love the beautiful ride on the Pittsburgh electric street cars – Forever gone thanks to bribes to Politicians & criminal conspiracy by GM
OK.
Was the street car named “desire?”
“Yes, but who framed Roger Rabbitt??”
I have no idea, but his girlfriend was HOT!
Livin’ the dream buddy, just livin’ it!
I always loved the maze of overhead wires required to run the street cars. They helped me imagine what it must be like to live in a cage.
great pic
the fact that everybody moved out to the suburbs and could afford cars to commute may have had some influence also
Old Cleveland streetcar.
We rode on the “tram-vosh” or some such thing during a visit to Russia. It was slow, bumpy, dirty, cold, the operator was surly, and we had to pull little old ladies up by the arms because they could not navigate the steep stairs.
But I know as a good citizen it is my duty to go for that over my posh big Buick ;-)
It would be beautiful if the elitist pig politicians weren’t bribe taking scumbags. They are the ones who set up the system for their own profit.
I didn’t bail anyone out. The Communist named Obummer, bailed them out.
I used to ride the 88 Frankstown and the 'Flying Fraction' (77/54) several times a week.
Honestly, like Forbes Field, the nostalgia is just wonderful, but in reality, they were not all that great.
All it took was a truck to be parked a couple inches too far from the curb, and the street car was stuck until the driver could come and move the truck. Once I started driving, negotiating the tracks was another challenge --- and make darn sure your tires were not riding the rails if it was raining --- it was like a sleigh ride.
And then their were 'Safety Islands' ... probably the most dangerous place you could be.
Yes, I miss the Street Cars, but I don't want to go back to them either.
I remember parts of that dream ..........
Don't get me wrong, because I use those streetcars ("StrasseBahn" or "street train") when over in Europe -- convenient and inexpensive. But you know, the governments in some of those countries that kept their systems weren't necessarily all that great or beautiful.
In Seattle at least they developed an alternative: electric buses -- and the ones that leave the city for the suburbs are often dual electric/diesel. Not as pretty as street trains but a lot more flexible.
But I agree America would be a much more beautiful place if it weren't run by elites who know so much better than we do what's best for us that they take our money in order to spend it for us. Just like those who "gave" Seattle a really shiny brand-new light-rail system that's not being much used.
That might be near Angel's Flight, but I am not familiar with that area.
They were replaced by buses. At least Ralph Cramden was working.
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