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From: John Larkin on 20 Mar 2010 13:08 On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:38:51 -0700 (PDT), brent <bulegoge(a)columbus.rr.com> wrote: >On Mar 19, 6:22�pm, "amdx" <a...(a)knology.net> wrote: >> �Here's a video from a streetcar in 1905. >> A couple of near pedestrian accidents at 2:35 and 4:20.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k&feature=player_embedded >> � � � � � � � � � � � � � �Mike > >Neat video. It struck me as being later than 1905 though. I looked >up when California required license plates. It was 1913-1914. The >cars seem a little too sophisticated for 1905 too. Good point. Too many cars for 1905, too. John
From: Martin Riddle on 20 Mar 2010 14:02 "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message news:24i8q5ho0d1rb02t9vhqc3gejivh44qdt2(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:22:31 -0500, "amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote: > >> Here's a video from a streetcar in 1905. >>A couple of near pedestrian accidents at 2:35 and 4:20. >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k&feature=player_embedded >> Mike >> > > Today: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqcz_tllnwM&feature=related > > > Reminds me of my commute: Diamond Heights to Portola, which becomes > Market Street, with the ferry building still there. I turn right just > about at Van Ness. > > These are streetcars now. The slot between the tracks is gone. > > MUNI is still killing pedestrians at a steady clip. > > John > > Interesting, a Trolley bus? (with tires) Cheers
From: John Larkin on 20 Mar 2010 14:22 On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:02:43 -0400, "Martin Riddle" <martin_rid(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > >"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in >message news:24i8q5ho0d1rb02t9vhqc3gejivh44qdt2(a)4ax.com... >> On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:22:31 -0500, "amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote: >> >>> Here's a video from a streetcar in 1905. >>>A couple of near pedestrian accidents at 2:35 and 4:20. >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k&feature=player_embedded >>> Mike >>> >> >> Today: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqcz_tllnwM&feature=related >> >> >> Reminds me of my commute: Diamond Heights to Portola, which becomes >> Market Street, with the ferry building still there. I turn right just >> about at Van Ness. >> >> These are streetcars now. The slot between the tracks is gone. >> >> MUNI is still killing pedestrians at a steady clip. >> >> John >> >> > >Interesting, a Trolley bus? (with tires) > >Cheers > > We have electric trolley busses with rubber tires (2-wire overhead feed). And electric streetcars (1-wire feed). And underground BART trains with side-feed power brushes. And cable cars that have no motor, that grip a moving cable under the central track slot, like in the old movie. Also nasty diesel busses. San Francisco has been buying up old streetcars from around the world, restoring them, and running them on the F line, Market Street and The Embarcadero. One is an open boat thing from England. They have a couple of the old New Orleans streetcars (one named Desire of course) that I certainly rode when I was a kid. Some of these streetcars are 100 years old and run fine. Diesel busses are lucky if they hold up for 20 years. John
From: krw on 20 Mar 2010 14:25
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:22:31 -0500, "amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote: > Here's a video from a streetcar in 1905. >A couple of near pedestrian accidents at 2:35 and 4:20. >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k&feature=player_embedded > Mike I particularly liked the idiot on the bicycle at 1:13. Riding the slot isn't smart (there's another later) but doing it right in front of the cable car is a Darwin moment in progress. |