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Good gracious, the walking dragline excavator is INCREDIBLE!
This information is incredibly interesting to me. I have some research to do, and I’m looking forward to it. What an experience to stand next to one of these things in person.
Such striking images, @Nitro. I really enjoyed this post.
Boston, the city I grew up very close to, is also known for street cars. The infrastructure was laid down long ago, evolving from horse drawn carriages, but many of the tracks are still utilized to this day. In some of the busy streets of Boston there are tracks right down the middle and trolleys that use them. It is always interesting navigating this as a driver. The general etiquette is that trolleys have the right away!
Converted Horsecars
Several converted horsecars running along Washington Street as electric streetcars around the turn of the century.
The first streetcars to hit the streets of Boston were the same horsecars that had served the city previously, only with electric trolley poles on top. Much of the horsecar inventory around 1890, when the first electric streetcar lines began operating in Boston, was still robust and had years of usable life remaining; therefore, the West End Street Railway, the precursor of BERy, simply took its existing horsecars and outfitted them with equipment to draw power from electric overhead wires. Suspension, wheels and brakes also had to be replaced with stronger, heavier equipment to better handle the streetcars' new electric motors and additional equipment. The streetcars also gained lighting and heating systems, making night service much more practical as passengers could see and would stay warm during Boston's often freezing cold winter nights!
The first streetcars to hit the streets of Boston were the same horsecars that had served the city previously, only with electric trolley poles on top. Much of the horsecar inventory around 1890, when the first electric streetcar lines began operating in Boston, was still robust and had years of usable life remaining; therefore, the West End Street Railway, the precursor of BERy, simply took its existing horsecars and outfitted them with equipment to draw power from electric overhead wires. Suspension, wheels and brakes also had to be replaced with stronger, heavier equipment to better handle the streetcars' new electric motors and additional equipment. The streetcars also gained lighting and heating systems, making night service much more practical as passengers could see and would stay warm during Boston's often freezing cold winter nights!
You can shift a lot of dirt with those things. We tend to get a little bit carried away with them here.
Driving a vehicle on a street with tracks in it can be challenging.Boston, the city I grew up very close to, is also known for street cars. The infrastructure was laid down long ago, evolving from horse drawn carriages, but many of the tracks are still utilized to this day. In some of the busy streets of Boston there are tracks right down the middle and trolleys that use them. It is always interesting navigating this as a driver. The general etiquette is that trolleys have the right away!
Converted Horsecars
Several converted horsecars running along Washington Street as electric streetcars around the turn of the century.
The first streetcars to hit the streets of Boston were the same horsecars that had served the city previously, only with electric trolley poles on top. Much of the horsecar inventory around 1890, when the first electric streetcar lines began operating in Boston, was still robust and had years of usable life remaining; therefore, the West End Street Railway, the precursor of BERy, simply took its existing horsecars and outfitted them with equipment to draw power from electric overhead wires. Suspension, wheels and brakes also had to be replaced with stronger, heavier equipment to better handle the streetcars' new electric motors and additional equipment. The streetcars also gained lighting and heating systems, making night service much more practical as passengers could see and would stay warm during Boston's often freezing cold winter nights!
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Our cars didn't handle well back then either.
We still have areas in the city with brick paved streets when combined with the tracks even offers more of a "thrill".
Our tires were crap too, very narrow bias belted nightmares that didn't offer a smooth ride or much traction for that matter.
Oh, and pathetically weak drum brakes on all four corners, more often than no without power assist.
Ahhh, the good old days
Imagine when it was horses sharing the roads with street cars!Driving a vehicle on a street with tracks in it can be challenging.
Our cars didn't handle well back then either.
We still have areas in the city with brick paved streets when combined with the tracks even offers more of a "thrill".
Our tires were crap too, very narrow bias belted nightmares that didn't offer a smooth ride or much traction for that matter.
Oh, and pathetically weak drum brakes on all four corners, more often than no without power assist.
Ahhh, the good old days
You should try it on a bicycle! Tram tracks are dangerous. Especially if there's water on the road.
We have bridges with steel plate expansions joints on the curved on and off ramps are a horror to cross on a motorcycle.
It’s been a total joy for me these last couple days. Alas, I can definitely not take credit for all the fun… The thread was not my idea, I just started it. I am merely the messenger here but I am having so much fun.
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