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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Peter Witts were commonplace in Mexico City, prior to 1960.

When PCC's took over all services on MEXICO CITY TRAMWAYS, the old Peter Witts went to Vera Cruz, where they served through the 1970's, long after they had vanished from regular service in the States.......

http://www.newdavesrailpix.com/odds/mx/htm/vcz46.htm

http://www.newdavesrailpix.com/odds/mx/htm/vcz48.htm

http://www.newdavesrailpix.com/odds/mx/htm/vcz61.htm

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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The VERY impressive modern-day trolleybus network in Quito, Ecuador........

http://www.tramz.com/ec/q/b4.html

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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 10:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's an interesting page on the history of streetcars of El Paso; recall, until fairly recent times, PCC's operated on an international route to Jaurez, Mexico........

https://www.crrma.org/streetcar
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are two photo pages dedicated to El Paso's border-crossing PCC's.......

http://www.newdavesrailpix.com/elp/elp_sub_old_pccnum.htm

http://www.newdavesrailpix.com/elp/elp_sub_old_pccnonum.htm

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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2020 1:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As the original "San Diego Trolley" articulated units were sold for further service in South America, I'm including the link to this photo page, which also includes vintage photos of the city's old streetcar system.

Interestingly, during WW2, a number of "Eastern" cars were sold to San Diego to handle the heavy wartime traffic; some of these were ex-TARS units, while others originally ran in Wilkes-Barre, PA...........

http://www.newdavesrailpix.com/sdgo/sdgo.htm

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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2020 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

After the remaining streetcar lines in San Diego were converted to motor buses, 20 PCC's were sold to El Paso, where they operated on the international line between Juarez and San Diego, until that unique line ceased operation..........

http://www.newdavesrailpix.com/sdgo/htm/sdgo021.htm

http://www.newdavesrailpix.com/sdgo/htm/sdgo025.htm

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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2020 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

More classic South American trolley buses.........

http://www.tramz.com/tf/tf1.html

http://www.tramz.com/tf/tf3.html
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2020 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Vintage photos of trams and trolleybuses in Trinidad.......

http://www.tramz.com/tt/tt.html

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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2020 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Electric transport in Mexico City, then and now........

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?34790

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?34786

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?95053

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?101116

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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2020 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Several modern-day views from Mexico City........

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?53598

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?109651

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?80585

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?131982

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?131979

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?131981

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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2020 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like several US cities, median-strip rapid transit running is commonplace in Mexico City today........

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?131970

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?131977

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?131978

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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2020 1:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's an interesting history (as well as information on rolling stock and operations) of Lima, Peru's Metro; here, the trains use overhead catenary instead of third rail........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima_Metro
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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2020 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The fully-automated "Tren Urbano" of San Juan.........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_Urbano
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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2020 1:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a map of Lima's once-extensive tramway network........

http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/lim.html

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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2020 1:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting story (with photos) on Lima's charming, single-truck "Nostalgia Car" ("Vagon del Recuerdo")...........

http://www.tramz.com/pe/li/ba00.html

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