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Title: New Streetcar Technology for the U.S.
Post by: tufsu1 on September 22, 2011, 02:13:59 PM

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/article/Streetcar-builders-see-potential-in-North-American-market--27561

Title: Re: New Streetcar Technology for the U.S.
Post by: BridgeTroll on September 22, 2011, 02:38:27 PM

The Seimans S70 in San Diego...

(http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/5/8/7/5587.1205697600.tb.jpg)

Bombardier Flexity in Valencia Spain...

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/112189208_a8fd3892a8_o.jpg)

Title: Re: New Streetcar Technology for the U.S.
Post by: Ocklawaha on September 22, 2011, 10:57:27 PM

Interesting piece TUFSU1, while Bombardier tinkers with it's new 'wireless' streetcar KINKISHARYO in Japan has already perfected it. The new AMERITRAM uses newest battery technologies it can run as a dual mode car, raising it's pantograph to a trolley wire to recharge, then go wireless wherever overhead wires would be considered sight pollution. Here is an album of the future, as you can see, it's already been through it's paces in both Dallas and Charlotte, and I understand Charlotte has ordered them.

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5253/5510378262_1ec38b4279_z.jpg)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5172/5509776671_c9ddf17e9d_z.jpg)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5258/5509674571_b1127befa9_z.jpg)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5510378052_7169865196_z.jpg)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5292/5509675101_e67d84e271_z.jpg)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5510276272_6ebf4111eb_z.jpg)

But don't go boasting about how far we have advanced over the original streetcars, as the photo below proves, the battery powered streetcars of the Central Of Florida Railway in Daytona Beach were slightly ahead of the curve. So maybe a heritage streetcar system isn't so bad for starters... And those new streetcars, or even Light Rail cars can still use the SAME TRACK provided we build it with enough gusto.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/CentralFloridaRailwayCo1913.jpg)

OCKLAWAHA

Metro Jacksonville

Community => Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure => Topic started by: tufsu1 on September 22, 2011, 02:13:59 PM