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08-07-2018 - 10:59
synonymouse
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-s-new-transit-center-finally-13129993.php#nws=mcnewsletter
deja vu all over again
Actually the B streetcar had "Bridge" as the destinati
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08-06-2018 - 11:15
synonymouse
1922. A glimpse of reality
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/05/california-wildfires-its-a-people-problem/
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08-06-2018 - 11:12
synonymouse
1923. BART being BART
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/drug-use-continues-to-be-a-problem-on-bart-trains/1345642364
I hope those seats won't burn.
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08-06-2018 - 10:56
synonymouse
1924. Tutor being Tutor
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-bullet-train-delay-dispute-20180806-story.html#nws=mcnewsletter
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08-05-2018 - 10:53
synonymouse
1925. Re: No pay wall for me
It is possible that the Caltrain electrification will shortly influence the next Bay crossing away from more execrable BART. The new Stadler equipment will make BART beercan cattlecars look totally g
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08-04-2018 - 19:49
synonymouse
1926. Re: No pay wall for me
BART's cars are the same width as MARTA's standard gauge cars.
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08-04-2018 - 19:46
synonymouse
"The new diesel locomotives will have the same appearance as coal engines, which send off those iconic puffs of steam."
Say what?
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08-03-2018 - 17:19
synonymouse
Tjhe "aeroliens" apparently wreak havoc with military radar.
In Europe they are deploying them offshore.
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08-03-2018 - 16:56
synonymouse
1929. Re: No pay wall for me
bridge for rail and bus
If you want a tube than Caltrain. Any more BART, standard gauge and driverless.
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08-03-2018 - 12:08
synonymouse
It is hard to picture toney baseball stadiums and basketball arenas abutting a busy container port. And right next to skyrises and residential developments.
But in the historical case of SF the ca
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08-02-2018 - 21:29
synonymouse
Lee J. Cobb should have gotten an oscar - at 10 years old I saw John Friendly as a true father figure.
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08-02-2018 - 10:49
synonymouse
It is reported the #493 is the locomotive being converted to oil and that its restoration was begun this year. My question is whether oil conversion was the motive for rebuilding the K-37, which clas
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08-01-2018 - 23:40
synonymouse
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/buried-ash-vesuvius-scrolls-are-being-read-new-xray-technique-180969358/
Could be Seales is closing in on the holy grail of literary archaeology. The arts &
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08-01-2018 - 14:39
synonymouse
As for me I would not go that far to ride behind a diesel.
These are Tier 4? Perhaps they are thinking that a used smokey 3 ft. diesel or oil-fired steam would still get blamed for starting fire
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08-01-2018 - 11:20
synonymouse
1937. eBART doing very well
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/BART-extension-to-Antioch-so-popular-there-s-no-13110697.php
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08-01-2018 - 11:15
synonymouse
1938. CAHSR blog site is back
http://www.cahsrblog.com/
While surfing for an update on John Cox' position on CAHSR, I cam across a recent link to the Robert Cruikshank blog site. He is a committed PB loyalist, no argument on t
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08-01-2018 - 10:58
synonymouse
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/30/lawyer-its-a-free-for-all-for-criminals-on-bart/
I doubt all this will get very far as BART-MTC is the Party patronage machine pet. It is like all the litiga
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07-31-2018 - 13:11
synonymouse
The base tunnels are to Palmdale. This is a sprawl project, to enable and facilitate another LA in the high desert.
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07-30-2018 - 09:24
synonymouse
As I recall, the first Flyer demo bus had refurbished GE equipment.
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07-30-2018 - 09:22
synonymouse
1942. Crazy Train nonsense
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-bullet-train-speed-20180729-story.html#nws=mcnewsletter
If you want to optimize speeds and shorten travel times do not indulge in gerrymandered detours
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07-29-2018 - 22:13
synonymouse
The Marmons were aluminum and boasted ball bearings - easy to push on flat ground.
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07-29-2018 - 22:09
synonymouse
The Marmons were equipped with GE electrical motors and controls which had the contactors electrically advanced whereas the Twins used Westinghouse equipment with air advanced controls. According to
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07-29-2018 - 11:55
synonymouse
I think an optical illusion. At that time the sidewalks on Market St. were narrower and the street wider so the buses lined up in the curb lane are pretty far offset from the overhead.
They did, I
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07-29-2018 - 10:32
synonymouse
https://www.sfchronicle.com/oursf/article/As-wires-crossed-in-1949-Muni-championed-12703913.php#photo-15122797
And not too many autos on Market Street.
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07-28-2018 - 13:35
synonymouse
https://www.stripes.com/news/americas/train-robberies-in-mexico-hark-back-to-days-of-jesse-james-but-with-contemporary-losses-1.539962
Puebla used to have a 3 ft. gauge line from Mexico City. I vi
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07-28-2018 - 11:14
synonymouse
Au contraire, mon vieux. I want to phase out BART and phase in Muni.
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07-27-2018 - 21:48
synonymouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjgIMaPbp6s
Setting the bar pretty high -
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