Like this one in Helsinki? Seattle has them now.
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
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I think that Palin could win in a landlside if she promised to gut the federal government to half its size
Interesting.........
Where are my manners! Welcome to Free Republic newbie!
Guy was evil right down to the end (if you catch my drift).
Like this one in Helsinki? Seattle has them now.
When I was a teen we have an overabundance of cats. My father discreetly told me to take care of the problem.
Shouldn’t this be in bloggers or bullshitters?
Once, I actually thought I was a superhero. I wore a cape and a mask. I was 8 years old.
Eaker how the hell are you ?
I remember the last of the electric street cars from my early childhood in Los Angeles. In those days, you could still drive down some downtown LA streets and see the criss-cross of power lines overhead, and lots of the streets had train tracks for the street cars embedded in the pavement.
There are some old streets here and there where you can still find the old tracks in the street. They’re a bit like an archaeological relic nowadays.
I also remember my mom being furious that the streetcar system was being dismantled. I don’t know how she knew it, but she was aware that the car companies were to blame for it.
So your a cat killer ?
He said no such thing. I'm his lawyer and this interview is over.
Sounds too progressive for me, I a Ford F-350 superduty to go get milk at the store.
Yes, but who framed Roger Rabbitt??
The ones in Cleveland ended up in Toronto.
Aaron Brothers
When they got rid of them in LA, I said good ridance!!!!
They were a pain in the back side as far as traffic!
Much older. They were from the early 50s.
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.
That's funny! Because nobody who had to ride them regretted their loss at all. A '48 Chevrolet was a.) less expensive and b.) more useful than the interurban or the street car.
If, perchance, the interurban or the street car becomes a.) less expensive than the '11 Malibu or b.) more useful than the family car, I would expect their resurgence.
In the meantime, put your money where your mouth is: invest in solar-powered interurbans and green lawn mowers. If you've guessed right, you'll make a fortune...
Maybe not those, but the ones I see in Europe today are mostly pretty nice and convenient.
That white building in the background looks like the Federal Court House on Temple St. where the US Attorney is located.
All but the moving “upgrade”.
LA had electric busses (made by GM, I believe) and they were ugly.
I bought one for around town, but the extension cord keeps getting tangled and the wheels tear up the road.
Could be. Don’t know. Don’t like Los Angeles any more. LOL
Anyway, thanks.
You shoulda upgraded to the model with a wooden spring.
**There are some old streets here and there where you can still find the old tracks in the street. They’re a bit like an archaeological relic nowadays.***
Back in 1972, I was driving in downtown Tulsa with my mother-in-law. I showed here where there was street work going on and in the holes dug you could see the old wooden ties the rails for their street cars had set on. They had all been paved over many years before. She remembered when they were in service.
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