26 Feb 09 06:23, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> We had streetcars when I was a kid, but they replaced them with
 RW>> buses in the 50s. Last time I was back there, there was still one
 RW>> street with tracks on it. You would think that someone would want to
 RW>> pull that iron out of the street and recycle it.

 RN> That was a mistake.

I forgot. They tried out electric buses that used the street car overhead
power cable before they went to diesel powered buses.

 RN>   I still like to ride streetcars even though I haven't ridden one
 RN> since I lived in New Orleans.

When my parents came to visit San Diego, their first venture of the day
was to board the trolly and ride it around town. Then get off by the bay
and feed the pigeons and sea gulls.

 RN> The price to get on one, no doubt, is no longer 7 cents.  (-:

LOL! Probably not. The trolly in San Diego could be ridden all day by a
senior for $1...anywhere, anyplace.

 RN> They'll get around to pulling that iron from the streets as soon as
 RN> they can appropriate the money for it.

Odd thing about San Diego's trolly. There was a company in SD that made
cars for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in SF. Instead of buying
locally, the SD trolly system imported trolly cars from France.

                R\%/itt


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