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#31 Sloan

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Posted 22 September 2017 - 07:26 AM

 

 

Trolleys Return to the Tracks for Testing

Text and a short video of a W-2 Melbourne trolley are here:

 

Ding. Ding.

 

https://www.memphisf...cks-for-testing



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Posted 25 September 2017 - 07:46 AM

 

 

Trolley Lines Return Comes With Technology, Standards Changes

 

New trolleys the Memphis Area Transit Authority hopes to have back on the Main Street tracks by the end of this year may sneak up on Main Street Mall pedestrians.

https://www.memphisd...ndards-changes/

 

The photo shows a W-2 class trolley which Gomaco of Ida Grove, Iowa reconditioned.  This is not a "new" trolley car.   <_<  Sloan



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Posted 05 December 2017 - 10:57 AM

 

 

Main Street Trolley's return delayed at least 90 days by car renovation snag

 

Main Street Trolley service won't resume until at least April, because of unexpected delays in renovating antique cars.

http://www.commercia...snag/919192001/



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Posted 10 February 2018 - 05:12 PM

Ding! Ding!

 

 

 

MATA Tests Trolleys In Hopes Of Having Them Running By April

 

Video is here:

http://www.localmemp...april/963694372



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Posted 23 December 2018 - 05:23 PM

MATA trolley service returned to the Main Street Line only, on April 30, 2018.   Service remains suspended on the Madison Avenue and Riverfront Lines, with modified bus routes still covering the latter two trolley lines but connecting with the Main Street trolley service.

 

 

Main Street Trolley Returns



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Posted 23 December 2018 - 05:26 PM

Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, 4/27/18 (dated):

 


 

What to know about Monday's return of Main Street Trolley

 

 

Memphians and tourists get a chance to experience the romance of trolley riding on Main Street again when the line reopens Monday after nearly four years.

 

 

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Posted 08 November 2021 - 10:37 AM

Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, 11/3/21:
 

     MATA to begin testing for reopening Madison Avenue trolley line 


 
 
The Memphis Area Transit Authority will start testing the Madison Avenue trolley line in the next 90 to 120 days to examine the possibility of reopening the line, said Paul Young, Downtown Memphis Commission president and CEO.

 
 
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Cross posted in threads about modern streetcar testing  on Madison Line, and the thread about the string of trolley fires that suspended service.


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