Re: TAN: Memphis, Tennessee operations

-Herman,We've still got Murph doing remedial classes,his bad language
is coming along quite nicely.PBruce.-- In
TramsDownUnder@y..., "Herman R. Silbiger" <hsilbiger@i...> wrote:

Bob,

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

Herman

--- IS Edit <bobmurphy2@c...> 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: TramsDownUnder@y...
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:norcalrr@s...]
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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