Interurban and Old Trolleys General

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>>972334

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The final interurban car ever built.

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The final piece of interurban equipment ever built.

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The trifecta of pic related (1941) along with...

>>975278 (1945)
>>975280 (1947)

...essentially represent the peak of interurban technology, at least until the light-rail "revival" a few decades later.

I do have to wonder what designs of the 1950s and 1960s would've looked like.

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>>975281
I completely neglected these, but I think they should be included as well.

>>972334
bump

I claim this thread for bikeposting. Train idiots can leave.

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>>975280
Illinois Terminal had some very comfy equipment on its roster.

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>>978684

>>978684
>>978688
very comfy

>>978688
Is that still in running condition?

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>>972334
I always thought the colossal elevated turning circle structures of the Chicago L train system in Watch_Dogs was just a contrivance of Ubisoft until recently

(It was rumoured they had trains initially just turning 90°angles)

Turns out they really are that large. Because they build them according to standard gauge for some reason despite being inner city.

I mean what the hell? You're practically building a second street level at that point.

>>984898
Dont diss the l

The l is what makes chicago special. Its the ultimate end to excuses - you can go to work, the l still works.

It sucks and is expensive to my jewish ass tho. Never used it. Got a bike and never looked back.

>>984898
>I mean what the hell? You're practically building a second street level at that point.
>buliding a second level for trains
>above the regular streets
I'm perfectly ok with this. It's like a proletarian Midgar.

>>984943
I don't get me wrong, it's impressive as the train fan. I just boggles me it was considered the simplest option compare to a tram or subway system.

>>985063
Well as cyberpunk metropolis goeses Chicago was pretty close as it is.

>>985063
Most other places seem to prefer building their second level for trains UNDER the regular streets. You know, so the populace on the streets don't become mole people.

>>985083
i thought chicago had a subway

>>985097
>implying there's anything wrong with the populace becoming mole people

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>>985117
Yeah but only parts of the Red and Blue Lines. The majority of the system runs in either the middle of the expressway, elevated like >>984898, or at grade

Pic semi-related, Chicago subway tunnel with a train built from streetcar components

>>985063
>Midgar

This. Tiered cities are a weird fetish of mine.

Fuck, now I gotta go replay FF7 again.

>>985131
It is when you're part of the populace.

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>>985627
>Implying I'm not part of the populace
get on my level

>>985629
mole life makes sense in cooler climates, is prohibitively expensive anywhere with wet mud though.

t. england

>>985629
This picture demonstrates my point.

>>985692
>>985640
I live in a warm sunny region, and mole life would be awesome as to have shade on street level, also nice view from the train.
>this picture demonstrates my point
which is what, that streets with elevated railways above it are BADASS AS FUCK FAMIGLIA??

>>985083
>I just boggles me it was considered the simplest option compare to a tram or subway system.

Just for the record, between 1943 and 1958 we had all 3.

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>>985780
Consider that in every multi-tiered dystopian city the slums are always on the bottom

>>985787
Elevated rail literally puts the poor people's public transit above the rich people's car traffic though.

>>986032
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>>986032
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>>986032
THIS

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>>972334
pg 10 save for quints
mi favorite bike is pink!

>>972334
Were any of those motors preserved?

>>992054
The only two ever built are both preserved in operating condition. One is at Illinois Rail Museum, the other at Rockhill Trolley museum.

>wikipedia is your friend

>>988888
>calls quints
welp

>>992116
This is like the slowest board in the world. Calling a get is not a hard thing to do.

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>>992054
Both of them were bought by the PSTC ("Red Arrow Lines") and ran on the Norristown High Speed Line from 1964 to 1976.

One of them currently operates at the Rockhill Trolley Museum in PA in its SEPTA configuration.

The other is at the Illinois Railway Museum in its North Shore Line configuration, and is undergoing an extensive restoration.

>>992461
Nice, thanks for the info.

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At the Texas Electric Railway's Monroe shops. The building (at least its shell) still stands, and a few years ago they built a new headquarters for the local transit police inside.

>>997921
Neat

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>>997921
DART's Blue Line follows the old TE right-of-way (that hasn't been taken over by powerlines) from the shops north to the junction with the Red Line. Here remains a concrete viaduct that was used by the TE and a local streetcar route to cross over the Santa Fe line where the Red Line now runs.

>>992059
There's a similar one, the Flying Yankee, that's being restored in New Hampshire

http://www.aerotrain.fr/aerotrain_.jpg

For anyone in the DFW area that didn't already know, tomorrow night there will be a premiere of a bunch of Texas Electric film footage in downtown Plano.

>>977342

>>984590
Yes, Illinois railway museum

>>1009203
The green and orange "Fruit Salad" paint scheme was just terrible on everything it was used on.