tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post41055922384675460..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Digging Up the PastPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-17797144977311172782009-02-16T12:10:00.000-08:002009-02-16T12:10:00.000-08:00In Baltimore in particular this would be problemat...In Baltimore in particular this would be problematic, since Baltimore's streetcars used a unique 5'4" track gauge, which is not compatible with the standard-gauge light rail, or even the broad gauge used in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, which I think is 5'2.5"crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-46027557106526292782009-02-16T05:22:00.000-08:002009-02-16T05:22:00.000-08:00Apologies for what is likely to be an obvious ques...Apologies for what is likely to be an obvious question, but how feasible would it be to uncover old streetcar tracks and use them again? There are plenty of them here in Baltimore, and when they show through the pavement, they look rather well-preserved...Rollie Fingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227928886685150819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-15153036706939389692009-02-15T16:55:00.000-08:002009-02-15T16:55:00.000-08:00The Istanbul Metro system is facing some of the sa...The Istanbul Metro system is facing some of the same things as Rome. Diging up lot of relics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com