HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Discussion Forums > Transportation


Reply

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #161  
Old Posted May 17, 2016, 8:17 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
Pre-construction work is starting on the new $12.8-million CORTEX MetroLink Station.

__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #162  
Old Posted Jun 7, 2016, 8:57 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
Photos by Derek Knight







__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE

Last edited by Arch City; Jun 7, 2016 at 9:07 PM.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #163  
Old Posted Jun 7, 2016, 9:05 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
Photos by Derek Knight












__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #164  
Old Posted Jun 7, 2016, 9:16 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #165  
Old Posted Jun 7, 2016, 9:21 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
Next stop, St. Louis, for vintage streetcars once used in Seattle
Originally published June 1, 2016 at 6:55 pmUpdated June 2, 2016 at 3:12 pm


Metro’s vintage Australian streetcars are loaded on flatbed trucks Wednesday on Sixth Avenue South in preparation for shipment to St. Louis. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times)


By Mike Siegel
Seattle Times staff photographer

Metro’s vintage Australian streetcars are headed to St. Louis. The streetcars can no longer be used here because Seattle's modern streetcars run on a lower profile using electronic controls.

The streetcars were once used on the George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line, a corridor that was destroyed to make room for the Olympic Sculpture Park.

Metro can no longer use the Melbourne trolleys because Seattle’s modern streetcars run on a lower profile using electronic controls.

The cars are to be used on the Delmar Loop Trolley, a 2.2-mile heritage trolley line in St. Louis.

Source
__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #166  
Old Posted Jun 7, 2016, 10:23 PM
Xing's Avatar
Xing Xing is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 15,857
Can we just rebuild the entire system we had before?

Also, didn't St Louos make its own trollies in the past?

Last edited by Xing; Jun 8, 2016 at 12:25 AM.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #167  
Old Posted Jun 14, 2016, 10:57 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316








__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #168  
Old Posted Jun 15, 2016, 2:47 AM
Xing's Avatar
Xing Xing is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 15,857
Looks sexy!

This is the kind of development you want to make love to. It doesn't get any better,
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #169  
Old Posted Jun 16, 2016, 6:32 PM
Centropolis's Avatar
Centropolis Centropolis is offline
disneypilled verhoevenist
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: saint louis
Posts: 11,866
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xing View Post
Can we just rebuild the entire system we had before?

Also, didn't St Louos make its own trollies in the past?
yes, we made everyones streetcars. i believe there are still st. louis car company manufactured heavy rail cars in use in NYC.



so...when is this thing (delmar streetcar) going to be done?
__________________
You may Think you are vaccinated but are you Maxx-Vaxxed ™!? Find out how you can “Maxx” your Covid-36 Vaxxination today!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #170  
Old Posted Jun 27, 2016, 10:12 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
The an old small high school has been gutted and will become the new trolley barn for the Delmar Loop trolleys.

Three trolleys from Seattle arrived in St. Louis two weeks ago. One has been sent off to Iowa for refurbishment/livery treatment along with two others from Portland.

__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE

Last edited by Arch City; Feb 1, 2017 at 5:07 PM.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #171  
Old Posted Jul 8, 2016, 8:28 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
Trolley Barn progress





Freshly poured cement





End of the line

__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #172  
Old Posted Oct 6, 2016, 7:31 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
Progress photos.

Keep in mind that this is a "retro" trolley line.

Update:
-Testing/cleanup will be starting by year's end.
-Wire poles are most complete. Locals have been pre-warned about the "live" voltage.
-The overhead wires are being hung (in stages) along the line.
-Work continues on the Trolley Barn/Shed.
-Switching tracks are almost complete.
-Some landscaping has been completed along the line. A lot more to do.
-Sidewalk remediation is under way.
-Station canopies are being installed.
-Retro acorn lighting has been installed on the DeBaliviere corridor of the line.
-Spring 2017 is the target for the inaugural trip/grand-opening.

Photos by Derek Knight

































https://derekknight007.files.wordpre...=700&h=&crop=1






Photos by quincunx @ urbanstl.com










Latest from Facebook




__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE

Last edited by Arch City; Oct 6, 2016 at 7:52 PM.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #173  
Old Posted Oct 6, 2016, 8:51 PM
mhays mhays is offline
Never Dell
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 19,748
Oh the old Broad Street trolley station/barn in Seattle. A metal shed. I like how they've kept the old destination sign to taunt us Seattleites. Not that the line was very useful. It went along the central waterfront for a mile in the shadow of the Highway 99 Viaduct, then headed inland for a half mile through Pioneer Square. These are touristy areas and have ferry and cruise ship crowds but the line was slow and infrequent, so not great as transit. Now we're leaning toward building a similar line but up the hill on First Avenue where more people are. They'll be a cool feature of the new line in St. Louis.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #174  
Old Posted Nov 15, 2016, 11:03 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
Recent Delmar Loop Trolley photos. It's getting there. Due to open in late Spring 2017.

There has been about $300-million in new and rehab projects along and within the vicinity of the new trolley line since it was announced.

Just today, a developer announced plans to build a $26-million, 65K office/retail building on the line.


Delmar Loop - U City by Jay Gannett, on Flickr

Taken by Derek Knight

















__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #175  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2017, 5:20 AM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
It's getting closer.







__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #176  
Old Posted Feb 6, 2017, 10:58 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
I personally think this is going to be a fine line when it gets going.

Little-by-little and inch-by-inch, we are almost there.

I can wait a little longer - even though I am anxious too. Below are photos of the trolley maintenance barn. It had been a vacant special needs high school.

More looping neon coming to The Loop.

From yesterday (02/01/17): via Twitter.







__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #177  
Old Posted Feb 16, 2017, 11:28 PM
Arch City's Avatar
Arch City Arch City is offline
Proud Homer!
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,316
After being repainted, refurbished and renewed in Iowa, the vintage trolleys have arrived back in St. Louis!!

The Loop Trolley is a 2.2-mile line that connects Forest Park, the Delmar Loop and MetroLink.





















__________________
Debating some people on the Internet is like debating dead people - it makes you look crazy so why bother? #BYE
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #178  
Old Posted Feb 17, 2017, 12:26 AM
Busy Bee's Avatar
Busy Bee Busy Bee is offline
Show me the blueprints
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: on the artistic spectrum
Posts: 10,302
What's the explanation again for why these mock trolleys and the Melbourne trams are being used instead of refurbishing the old Peter Witt cars that was part of the original plans?
__________________
Everything new is old again

There is no goodness in him, and his power to convince people otherwise is beyond understanding
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #179  
Old Posted Feb 17, 2017, 3:00 PM
mfastx mfastx is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 298
Quote:
Originally Posted by Busy Bee View Post
What's the explanation again for why these mock trolleys and the Melbourne trams are being used instead of refurbishing the old Peter Witt cars that was part of the original plans?
Also, what's the explanation for not using modern streetcars? It's 2017.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #180  
Old Posted Feb 17, 2017, 4:18 PM
Centropolis's Avatar
Centropolis Centropolis is offline
disneypilled verhoevenist
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: saint louis
Posts: 11,866
Quote:
Originally Posted by mfastx View Post
Also, what's the explanation for not using modern streetcars? It's 2017.

it's a pet project spearheaded by a private developer, not the regional transit authority, and he wants "ring ring goes the trolley" that's why.

otherwise, yes, i have asked myself this question a bazillion times already.
__________________
You may Think you are vaccinated but are you Maxx-Vaxxed ™!? Find out how you can “Maxx” your Covid-36 Vaxxination today!
Reply With Quote
     
     
This discussion thread continues

Use the page links to the lower-right to go to the next page for additional posts
 
 
Reply

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Discussion Forums > Transportation
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 12:02 PM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.