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Re: Photos - Dallas DART - Part 1 |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Tue Aug 31 14:52:27 2010, in response to Re: Photos - Dallas DART - Part 1, posted by Easy on Tue Aug 31 14:48:21 2010. how do they do rush hour trains easy on the blue line |
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Posted by PATHman on Tue Aug 31 15:04:25 2010, in response to Photos - Dallas Interurban - Part 1, posted by Joe Saitta on Sun Aug 29 20:10:50 2010. Very nice. The stations are a bit ostentatious for a light rail system. |
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Posted by Joe Saitta on Tue Aug 31 16:21:34 2010, in response to Re: Photos - Dallas Interurban - Part 1, posted by PATHman on Tue Aug 31 15:04:25 2010. Thank you. I agree with you. In some transportation contracts, "consultants" are hired to do the design and possibly other work and are paid a percentage of the total costs. Thus it is to their advantage to make any project as expensive as possible. A great example of this that took place is Pittsburgh's way overbuilt catenary. |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Aug 31 16:38:36 2010, in response to Re: Photos - Dallas DART - Part 1, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Tue Aug 31 14:52:27 2010. I'm not sure what you mean. Trains run every 5 and a half minutes if that's what you mean. Also the blue line is in the process of replacing every substation. One every 2 months for the next few years. They've done 1 or 2 so far. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Tue Aug 31 16:44:36 2010, in response to Re: Photos - Dallas DART - Part 1, posted by Easy on Tue Aug 31 16:38:36 2010. its ok i remember at 7th and metro trains running quite often almostlike they were running every 4 min or so this was rush hour |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Aug 31 17:01:43 2010, in response to Re: Photos - Dallas DART - Part 1, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Tue Aug 31 16:44:36 2010. The plan it to run every 5 minutes in the next year or two. When Expo opens all the way to Santa Monica in 2015/2016 it will also run every 5 minutes giving the blue line 24 tph on Flower. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Aug 31 17:10:46 2010, in response to Re: Photos - Dallas DART - Part 1, posted by Easy on Tue Aug 31 14:48:21 2010. Ain't that a laugh. With 25kV 60Hz AC catenary, substations are every 20 miles. And much of the DART is on former commuter railroad right of way. Talk about waste and overspending. |
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Re: Photos - Dallas Interurban - Part 1 |
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Posted by eyedoctor on Tue Aug 31 20:37:25 2010, in response to Re: Photos - Dallas Interurban - Part 1, posted by Joe Saitta on Mon Aug 30 21:27:09 2010. Just a curiosity, since you mention about photographing the Green Line extension in 12/10.I reside in Irvington NY, walking distance to the station. |
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Posted by eyedoctor on Tue Aug 31 20:39:39 2010, in response to Re: Photos - Dallas Interurban - Part 1, posted by Dave on Tue Aug 31 11:47:30 2010. Did Fort Worth SW to NE commuter rail line get funding for construction? The Metroplex looks like a nice place to railfan, with DART light rail extensions, TRE commuter rail, soon to open Denton County A Train, and McKinney Ave streetcar. |
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Posted by Joe Saitta on Tue Aug 31 20:44:06 2010, in response to Re: Photos - Dallas Interurban - Part 1, posted by eyedoctor on Tue Aug 31 20:37:25 2010. Ok, thank you. Thought you were a Dallas resident that could provide me with any information I might need about the system. |
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Posted by Dave on Tue Aug 31 21:32:52 2010, in response to Re: Photos - Dallas Interurban - Part 1, posted by eyedoctor on Tue Aug 31 20:39:39 2010. Maybe, maybe not. You get a different answer depending upon who you ask. The Fort Worth “T” currently has plans to operate rail service by 2013 on the western half of the Cotton Belt between Fort Worth and the airport as part of its Southwest/Northeast project. |
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