Re: TAN: Memphis, Tennessee operations

----- Original Message -----

From: Herman R. Silbiger

To: [email protected]

Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 5:44 PM

Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] TAN: Memphis, Tennessee operations

Bob,

You mean that there are other Australians besides you
that speak English?  :-)

Herman

--- IS Edit <[email protected]> wrote:
> TAN: Memphis, Tennessee operationsNot one person in
> a hundred in Memphis could point out Australia on a
> globe with the names blacked out. Some of them would
> challenge the notion that the world is not flat. And
> hardly any of them would know Australians speak
> English.
>
> If the name looked vaguely familiar to them they
> would probably think Australians speak German 'cuz
> they can't tell the difference between Austria and
> Australia.
>
> It's all too hard.
>
> Let's tell them the cars are local. Nothing else
> matters, anyway. hahahahahahahaha
>
> BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY!
>
> Bob Murphy
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Roy Winslow
>   To: [email protected]
>   Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:41 AM
>   Subject: RE: [TramsDownUnder] TAN: Memphis,
> Tennessee operations
>
>
>   The MATA website seems to infer that the trolleys
> are ex-memphis, rather than inform readers that they
> are actually foreign cars...
>
>   "...authentic vintage trolley cars, which invoke
> memories of the simple days of yesteryear - a much
> more innocent time in Memphis history.  The trolleys
> combine Memphis' rich past with its optimistic
> future..."
>
>   and
>
>   "All the intricate details of the old trolleys
> have been faithfully restored to their original
> elegance - down to the solid brass seat and window
> accents, rare "glue-chip" glass transom windows,
> hand-carved mahogany corbels, and antique lighting
> fixtures."
>
>   Call me old fashioned, but 'antique light
> fittings' in W2's? Perhaps an antique Osram globe in
> a bakelite holder, but nothing more than that!
>
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Peter D. Ehrlich
> [mailto:[email protected]]
>     Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 8:17 AM
>     To: TramsDownUnder
>     Subject: [TramsDownUnder] TAN: Memphis,
> Tennessee operations
>
>
>     Hi, gang!
>
>     I've been reading the messages about Memphis,
> Tennessee and have to set the record straight about
> that system, which does use a number of W2s and has
> four more being renovated by Gomaco of Ida Grove,
> Iowa.
>
>     Memphis, which began its "Main Street Trolley"
> in 1993, now consists of two lines.  The carbarn is
> located on the north end of the line.  Just south of
> the carbarn, which is reached by a single track lead
> at the north end of Main Street, is the turnoff to
> reach the Riverfront Line.  This line crosses the
> Illinois Central without a switch connecting the two
> tracks, then it runs parallel to it the entire
> length of the Riverfront embankment down to where
> the railroad track curves inward to reach Central
> Station.  As I mentioned, there is no track
> connection between the railroad main line and the
> Riverfront trolleys, therefore there is overhead
> wires only on the trolley tracks.
>
>     The mainline track handles the twice-a-day
> Amtrak City of New Orleans, and a few local
> freights.  Through freight trains utilize a mainline
> which is further inland.
>
>     The Riverfront Line, which opened in 1997, is
> operated southbound only, and has five stations
> serving a number of Riverfront attractions.
> Southbound cars alternate with those traveling along
> Main Street.  Both lines' cars run north along Main
> Street.  Headways are every 5 minutes northbound and
> 10 minutes southbound along either line.
>
>     Operated by MATA (Memphis Area Transit
> Authority), service is 7 days a week--6:00am to
> midnight on Monday-Thursday, 6:00am-1:00am Friday,
> 9:00am-1:00am Saturday, and 10:00am-6:00pm Sunday.
> 6 cars are ex-Oporto, Portugal single-truckers; one
> car is a Gomaco single-truck demonstrator; one car
> is a converted Rio De Janeiro, Brazil open car; and
> 7 cars are ex-Melbourne W2s.  Their numbers:
>
>     234     417     539     540     545     553   
> 1978 (ex-353)
>
>     Four cars are undergoing renovation by Gomaco:
>
>     452 (ex-New Orleans, ex-626)
>     454 (ex-New Orleans, ex-478)
>     455 (ex-New Orleans, ex-331)
>     503 (ex-Green Bay Transportation Museum)
>
>     For more info, go to the MATA web site at:
>      
> http://www.matatransit.com/mainstreettrolley.html
>     For more pictures of Memphis Melbourne W2s, go
> to my site at:
>        http://community.webshots.com/user/milantram
> , and then click on the Peter's Pix-Memphis--Double
> Truck Cars, Buses link.
>
>     Milantram
>
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