rees@apollo.UUCP (07/09/84)
Does anyone know why the Arborway branch of the Green line in Boston still runs modified PCCs instead of the new Boeing LRVs? Do the overhead wires not accept the pantographs? Or is there a problem with clearances in the tunnels? I used to live near the northern terminus of Seattle's waterfront streetcar line. What a senseless waste of rolling stock. Is anyone besides me offended by transit lines that don't go anywhere?
stevel@haddock.UUCP (07/13/84)
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haddock!stevel Jul 10 11:10:00 1984
The Arborway line has two problems with running LRVs.
First is that it has very tight street clearances and sharp
turns with clearance problems. I belive, but am not certain, that
these have been fixed in a large reworking of the track that is
just finishing.
Second is that because of all the problems with the Boeing LRVs
half the order was cancelled and there are not enough Boeing
trolleys to go around so they run the PCCs on the Arborway line.
It saves them grief to concentrate the same type of cars on the same
line so that when one breaks the next one can couple to it without
an adapter.
Steve Ludlum, decvax!yale-co!ima!stevel, {amd70|ihnp4!cbosgd}!ima!stevelfriedman@uiucdcs.UUCP (07/14/84)
#R:apollo:-2072300:uiucdcs:20600018:000:332 uiucdcs!friedman Jul 13 16:29:00 1984 > I used to live near the northern terminus of Seattle's waterfront > streetcar line. What a senseless waste of rolling stock. Is anyone > besides me offended by transit lines that don't go anywhere? Isn't it just a tourist attraction? As such, I wouldn't necessarily expect it to go anywhere. But I'm not sure of its purpose.