Re: LA Rail Revival

[postmaster@spaceman001.u-net.com (Dave Sallery)]

On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 11:53:27 +0100, Jack & Megan <55009@[127.0.0.1]>
wrote:


>>This weekend the Metro Red line subway went into operation between the
>>downtown area of LA and Hollywood's famous intersection of Hollywood and
>>Vine.  It's been a long and expensive grind, but at last commuters have some
>>alternative to the congested and polluting freeway system.   Apart from the
>>subway which goes from Union Station to Hollywood, there are two light rail
>>lines and a number of Amtrak and Metrolink (heavy rail surface systems)
>>serving the LA area.
>
>Red Line?  Isn't that the system bought up and closed down in the
>20's by Standard Oil to force people to use cars more?  Good news
>indeed if it's back!
>-- 
I think the red line was the collective name for the Pacific Electric
tramway system closed down by an evil grouping of Standard Oil,
General Motors and Firestone? tyres.  They were prosecuted for it but
by then it was too late, guess who built the buses, supplied the oil
and the tyres that replaced the trams?  This Red Line is just a short
LRT.

Dave S