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1997-Headlights-02.Pdf April–June 1997 • $5.00 / Barcelona • McKinney Avenue Transit Authority • Dallas Area Rapid Transit yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Hedlights CONTENTS The Magazine of Electric Railways yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Published since 1939 by the Electric April-June Railroaders’ Association, Inc. yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyVolume 59, Number 4–6 April-June, 1997 Columns yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyStaff Editor and Art Director 3 Rail Transit News Sandy Campbell A roundup of rail transit activities in various cities around the world. yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyContributing Editors Reported by Frank S. Miklos, E. L. Tennyson and J. William Vigras. Richard O. Ferret, Arthur Lonto, James N. J. Henwood, Jack May, 6 Rail Book Reviews Frank S. Miklos, Bruce J. Russell, yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyArthur Lonto’s historic photos illustrate James N. J. Henwood’s reviews Steve Siegerist, J. William Vigras of The Insull Chicago Interurbans: CA&E, CNS&M, CSS7SB and The Best Way To Electric Railroaders’ Go: The History of the Baltimore Transit Company. yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyAssociation, Inc. Features yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyE 8 Barcelona Light Rail National Headquarters A breathtaking demonstration line along Diagonal Avenue. Grand Central Terminal By Frank Miklos with pictures by Richard O. Ferret. yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyNew York City Mailing Address P.O. Box 3323, Grand Central Station 10 McKinney Avenue Transit Authority New York, NY 10163-3323 The other Dallas transit authority. By Bruce Russell. yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy E-Mail [email protected] 13 Dallas Area Rapid Transit yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyySuccess beyond expectations. By Bruce Russell. Subscriptions Headlights is sent free to members On the Cover of the E.R.A. Applications for yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyE.R.A. membership are supplied DART 127 is shown in the pedestrian zone along Brian Street upon request. in downtown Dallas. Blue Line service is usually provided Changes of Address by single units. JACK MAY yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyySend address changes to the E.R.A. along with an old address label (Below) DART 111–114 inbound on the Red/Blue line from a recent issue. crossing 8th Street. STEVE SIEGERIST Correspondence yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy All inquiries regarding the activities of the E.R.A. should be directed to our New York headquarters. yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Contributions Send all items for publication yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyin Headlights to the editor. Manuscripts should be submitted on diskette, e-mailed to our Internet yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaddress, or typewritten. Photos, illustrations and maps are needed as well. Please send original negatives or slides when possible and include yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy descriptions for each image along with your name and address. yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy © 1997 Electric Railroaders’ Association, Inc. All rights reserved. 980824 yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy RAIL TRANSIT Four options are now line to penetrate further being studied for the into Glen Burnie, they extension of light rail preclude the MTA’s plans News beyond the Cromwell for future expansion Station. Two would to Marley Station or — follow Georgia Avenue as some observers REPORTED BY FRANK S. MIKLOS and one follows Eighth speculated — to Annapolis, 4 B&A Trail (BALTIMORE), E. L. TENNYSON Avenue. The fourth the state capital. Linking (right) will AND J. WILLIAM VIGRAS (PATCO) option would be to not Annapolis with the new not become extend the line at all. One light rail extensions to a light rail BALTIMORE of the Georgia Avenue BWI Airport and the line. The 4-mile extension of proposals requires the Amtrak station in Balti- Banners the Baltimore Central demolition of 14 houses, more would create an inside Light Rail Line to Hunt a move which has drawn interurban light rail line Baltimore’s Valley, with five new immediate opposition capable of carrying several Penn Station stations, will open in from residents. The million annual riders. (far right) September 1997. Exten- Eighth Avenue option Such a long-range announce sions to Amtrak’s Penn VICINITY/MAPBLAST would cost an additional prospect seemed possible the coming Station and to BWI Inter- the abandoned rail align- $10 million, but would because a new highway of a light rail national Airport will ment would have been serve fewer people. bridge constructed over connection both open in November. the most practical routing the Severin River was there. Eighteen additional cars for the extension, the least While the Georgia Avenue designed with provision are on order. Weekday expensive to build, the and Eighth Avenue align- for the future operation The Charles ridership currently least disruptive to the ments enable the light rail of light rail trains. Street bridge averages 22,000, with surrounding community (bottom over 30,000 on baseball and have the highest right) game days. Almost half potential ridership. provides of the riders are new a good to mass transit. The former Baltimore & vantage Annapolis Railroad point for Maryland Governor Parris right-of-way was this view of Glendening announced converted to a trail the light rail that the 13-mile Baltimore when freight service extension & Annapolis Railroad beyond Glen Burnie was to Penn Trail cannot be used for abandoned. Station. RAYMOND L. FOLEY RAYMOND L. FOLEY an expansion of the Balti- Unfortunately for the 1 Newly more light rail system. MTA, nearly 1.5 million installed Baltimore’s MTA was Maryland citizens and tracks of the seeking the former B&A visitors walk, jog and light rail right-of-way to extend cycle along this paved extension to the light rail line further trail annually. There are Penn Station into Glen Burnie and several races run on the can be seen possibly to Marley Station trail by the Annapolis in this view next to one of the region’s Striders, including the taken on largest shopping malls. B&A Trail Marathon March 28, MTA studies asserted that in March. 1997. RAYMOND L. FOLEY HEADLIGHTS • APRIL–JUNE 1997 3 4 Car 846 APPLETON, is shown in WISCONSIN Milwaukee A non-profit organiza- in 1955 tion known as Trolley shortly Car ’86 Inc. is working to before restore former Milwau- the end of kee trolley No. 846 for trolley operation in Appleton. service in The group’s goal is to that city. make the car operational in time for the Wiscon- 2 Car 846 sin Sesquicentennial to today. be celebrated during the Volunteers summer of 1998. from Trolley Car ’86 Inc. Trolley service began in are working Appleton on August 18, to restore 1886. It was the first the car to TROLLEY CAR ’86 INC. hydro-electric powered Milwaukee trolley No. build a streetcar line Service is fast and effi- operating trolley system in the 978 and a 1946 Interna- on Colorado Avenue. cient, averaging 37 mph condition. United States, and possi- tional Harvester catenary Several SEPTA PCC cars including stops. Only 20 bly the world. Unfortu- line truck. Both of these are on hand, plus one cars are needed to carry nately, none of Apple- units will be restored to-be-restored original Green Line riders. ton’s original trolleys when the work on car car of Colorado exist, so the group chose 846 is completed. Springs. Funding, a Milwaukee trolley for however, is not NEW YORK its restoration efforts. complete. Approval has been given Car 846 was rescued COLORADO for a detailed study of from the swamps of SPRINGS utility relocation needed Kentucky where it sat in Voters have approved DENVER to permit restoration of derelict condition follow- a franchise for the Ground was broken and surface rail transit on ing its retirement from Colorado Springs and contracts were let to 42nd Street. Private service in the mid-1950s. Manitou Springs extend the Metropolitan enterprise has bid for the The group also owns Traction Company to Area Connection light opportunity to build and rail line eight miles south operate this crosstown to Englewood and Little- light rail line. Based on ton along the Santa Fe the current $1.50 right-of-way. RTD voted subway/bus fare and to ask the electorate to the short length of the 2- approve funding of at mile route, the proposed least two or three light line is expected to be not rail lines to Lakewood only profitable, but faster and Federal Center, to than bus service as well. Denver Tech Center and to Aurora and the new The elimination of street- International Airport, cars on 42nd Street 50 about 45 miles in all. years ago brought the The election has been defunct Third Avenue dubbed “Guide the Ride”. Transit System into bankruptcy, from which it never fully recovered. LOS ANGELES Los Angeles light rail now carries 102,000 weekday riders: 46,500 on the Blue line, 37,500 on the Red subway line and 18,000 on the Green Century Freeway line. TROLLEY CAR ’86 INC. 4 HEADLIGHTS • APRIL–JUNE 1997 SOUTHERN OTTAWA PORTLAND SALT LAKE CITY NEW JERSEY In 1975 Ottawa, the Two new, low-floor The Utah Transit Author- PATCO has continued its federal capital of Canada, articulated light rail cars ity was pleased this program of rehabilitation instituted a policy of have made their first trip spring when multi- and improvements. Of market pricing for auto- through the Portland’s million dollar bids for particular interest is the mobile parking. To West Side subway tunnel construction work on its “E” mid-life overhaul of accomplish this, user- so that they may be Sandy light rail line came the 75 Budd-built 1968 side subsidies were trained with the original in almost 10% below transit cars. The program applied. Employers East Side (Gresham) MAX estimate. The 15-mile line began in 1981 and has bought bus tickets for cars to provide easier, is on former Union Pacif- been ongoing, with about their employees at a quicker access to the ic right-of-way to Provo, six cars done each year. sharp discount, permit- disabled. The low-floor parallel to the long-gone ting commuters to avoid cars are quartered in the Salt Lake & Utah The principal task of an the impact of high bus new Elmonica shops (interurban) Railroad.
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