Light rail cardboard excitement

Yes, folks, the light rail is now on its way back to us. I got ahold of a nice folding model of a light rail car. It is surprising how big the cars actually are. I visualized more bus-sized vehicles, but these are bigger. The bottom of the car has little printed factoids. Each car has a capacity of up to 190 passengers, with 66 seats. That's sweet!

For more info consult the DOT or MetroTransit Hiawatha website. (even WikiPedia?!)

Hurray that the strike is over--these things are going to be sweet! (I think more folding models might be available at the MetroTransit stores, and yes, the catenary arm is a little bent out of position on my pic)

Stay tuned for more light rail goodies.....

Posted by HongPong at April 21, 2004 01:05 AM
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