"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
12/07/2015 at 18:00 • Filed to: trains, trolleys
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"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
12/07/2015 at 18:00 • Filed to: trains, trolleys | 3
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It’s fun to pretend you’re in the 30’s and 40’s, but browse Facebook while cruising along at 20mph. Apparently these trolleys used to do 75-80mph back in their heyday. I can’t believe it. But then again, I bet the tracks were newer and smoother.
They used to juice the trains from the depot which is now a museum. The generator is still there as is some of the fuses and cables.
You could charge a Tesla with one of these I bet.
Check out the brake shoes. Looks like they’re at the end of their adjustment. But at low speed there’s not much braking involved.
Took this while in motion. They run a 10 mile privately owned track from the museum out to a farmer’s stand, several times a day, for most of the year. This one of the last trips they make, as they put them away for the winter.
Very spartan cab, one at each end.
And yes, it is noisy.
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V8 Rustler
> Takuro Spirit
12/07/2015 at 18:27 |
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Oppo needs more train stuff.
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Takuro Spirit
> V8 Rustler
12/07/2015 at 18:48 |
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Most kids got slot car tracks and RC cars for the holidays, I got train sets.
Which reminds me, I need to find a train set to go around our tree this year.
Berang
> Takuro Spirit
12/07/2015 at 21:06 |
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When I lived in Colorado I visited the Fort Collins Municipal Railway:
This was the last system in the U.S. to operate the Birney streetcar, which is pretty much at the opposite end of the size spectrum to the interurban you rode. They tore up the system in the 50s, but relaid 2 miles of track in the 80s.
Wagons-Midwest
> Takuro Spirit
12/08/2015 at 15:36 |
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Illinois Railway Museum? I’ve never seen them run their South Shore cars. You can really get lost in that place.
TrainDude
> Takuro Spirit
12/08/2015 at 15:54 |
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Where is this trolley? I would love to take a ride in the springtime.
I used to ride the South Shore Line to work.
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Takuro Spirit
> TrainDude
12/09/2015 at 11:00 |
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East Troy, WI. They have a bunch they run during the warm season.
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Takuro Spirit
> Wagons-Midwest
12/09/2015 at 11:01 |
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East Troy Electric Railroad: http://www.easttroyrr.org/
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TrainDude
> Takuro Spirit
12/14/2015 at 15:18 |
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Thank you very much.
I have some photos of trolleys that I took in Kensoha, if you want 'em.