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LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by Easy on Wed Jul 11 19:21:33 2018

http://thesource.metro.net/2018/07/11/metro-light-rail-car-114-will-retire-to-the-orange-empire-railway-museum/

Sorry for not linking and don’t believe the car number in the link.

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by Bill Newkirk on Wed Jul 11 19:49:37 2018, in response to LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by Easy on Wed Jul 11 19:21:33 2018.

LINKED

Bill Newkirk

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by Easy on Wed Jul 11 20:26:47 2018, in response to Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by Bill Newkirk on Wed Jul 11 19:49:37 2018.

Thank you.

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Wed Jul 11 23:07:59 2018, in response to Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by Easy on Wed Jul 11 20:26:47 2018.

:)

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Jul 12 01:13:00 2018, in response to LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by Easy on Wed Jul 11 19:21:33 2018.

<a href="http://thesource.metro.net/2018/07/11/metro-light-rail-car-114-will-retire-to-the-orange-empire-railway-museum/">http://thesource.metro.net/2018/07/11/metro-light-rail-car-114-will-retire-to-the-orange-empire-railway-museum/</a>

http://thesource.metro.net/2018/07/11/metro-light-rail-car-114-will-retire-to-the-orange-empire-railway-museum/

Ain't that hard.

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Thu Jul 12 04:21:16 2018, in response to LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by Easy on Wed Jul 11 19:21:33 2018.

Wow, 1980s stock going to a museum. Admittedly, it will be interesting to see how a museum handles this generation of rolling stock, and if there's any interest in newer stuff at museums. If the maintenance can't be done, or there's no interest from the younger cohorts, we might be looking a future where the oldest stuff survives, but anything from the recent era is forgotten about.

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Jul 12 07:22:05 2018, in response to LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by Easy on Wed Jul 11 19:21:33 2018.

they also just got a new san diego car

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by Easy on Thu Jul 12 08:53:21 2018, in response to Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Jul 12 01:13:00 2018.

http://thesource.metro.net/2018/07/11/metro-light-rail-car-114-will-retire-to-the-orange-empire-railway-museum/

http://thesource.metro.net/2018/07/11/metro-light-rail-car-114-will-retire-to-the-orange-empire-railway-museum/

Doesn’t work for me on my iPhone. The top link is yours cut and pasted. The bottom “link” is me typing it in.


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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Thu Jul 12 11:06:22 2018, in response to Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Jul 12 07:22:05 2018.

Which one?

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by Bill West on Thu Jul 12 11:59:11 2018, in response to Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Thu Jul 12 04:21:16 2018.

I remember working on 1950's diesels in a museum and acknowledging that although "modern" railroading to me they were 40 years old. Then I remembered that the steamers I started with there 25 years previous were also "only" 40 years old at the time.

A suggestion for today's museums is to watch out for the scrapping of sister equipment and try to buy the electronics boxes. Finding 1980's thyristors and integrated circuits is a lot harder than having 1920's boiler sheets made. The electronics boxes shouldn't have a high scrap value either. Failure of one unavailable $20 chip can permanently sideline a car.

Bill


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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by TransitChuckG on Thu Jul 12 12:34:24 2018, in response to Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by Easy on Thu Jul 12 08:53:21 2018.

Rockhill Trolley Museum runs #1019. Most everybody accepts the unit and likes it.Personally, I love riding in it!

1019

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Jul 12 15:30:12 2018, in response to Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Thu Jul 12 11:06:22 2018.

the U 2 san diego trolley

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Thu Jul 12 16:44:30 2018, in response to Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Jul 12 15:30:12 2018.

I know it has to be one of the venerable U-2 units. I'm asking which particular car number is (or already has) going there?

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Jul 12 16:47:51 2018, in response to Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Thu Jul 12 16:44:30 2018.

i will have to look it up
it is already there

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Thu Jul 12 16:56:12 2018, in response to Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Jul 12 16:47:51 2018.

Never mind, I found it. According to the Wikipedia page for the museum, there are two U-2 units there. 1008 (donated March 2016) and 1003 (donated March 2018). They are from the original batch of 14 cars that started service back in 1981. (Yes, I rode on the trolley back then when I made a visit to San Diego back then, visiting my retired parents).

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Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Jul 12 18:34:57 2018, in response to Re: LA Metro blue line P865 #144 heading to OERM, posted by FormerVanWyckBlvdUser on Thu Jul 12 16:56:12 2018.

yeah thanks going july 28 for members night
take a ton of photos day nignt

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