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Old 07-16-2018, 10:02 PM
Olorin67 Olorin67 is offline
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Ive ridden many, Light rail in minneapolis, Chicago 'L", and ive gotten to operate an old wooden Twin cities streetcar, instructed by a former motorman. Only got to ride a trolleybus once, a former Milwaukee coach at the illinois railway museum. it was built in the '30s and had much better acceleration than busses do today. Oldest Ive ridden is a Duluth streetcar built in 1893. Have also ridden wooden Chcago "L' cars, and electric interurban trains, including the North Shore line Electroliner. Milwaukee and Chicago were once connected by the best and fastest interurban line, trains every hour on the hour 24 hours a day every day of the year, with extras at rush hour. And the Electroliner even had a bar and food like burgers, but they couldnt compete against the newly opened I-94...once the big holding company that owned it realized they could make more money be selling it all for scrap.
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