RE: TAN: Memphis, Tennessee operations
Roy Winslow
Wednesday, May 15, 2002 7:53 AM
Australians speak proper English - we use the letter
'u' appropriately (such as colour) and we don't replace every second 's' with a
'z', such as 'organisation'. Further, we pronounce the aforementioned letter 'z'
properly - 'zed' not 'zee', although if you look at TV adverts these days, you
would be surprised that this is the case...
-----Original Message-----Bob,
From: Herman R. Silbiger [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] TAN: Memphis, Tennessee operations
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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