thanks for all of the historical pics centropolis, but most of that stuff looks way more inter-urban (which every city had a lot of back in the olden days). i want to learn more about the grade-separated "super-streetcar" routes of st. louis that would have functioned more like chicago's el system as intra-urban mass transit. got any old maps, timetables, brochures, etc. of those routes?
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Originally Posted by Centropolis
i believe the new york subway is still running st louis cars.
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you're right. according to wikipedia, the MTA is still running ~100 St. Louis Cars from the late '60s/early '70s.
i'm a little surprised the MTA is still running equipment that old. the CTA retired the last of its St. Louis Cars (the old green & white 6000 series that i not so fondly remember from my childhood - no A/C) back in 1992. the oldest cars in the CTA's fleet are the 600 cars of the 2600 series from the '80s, and those are all due to be replaced by the new 7000 series cars starting next year.