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Posted by Jon Bell on Sun May 23 23:10:11 2010, in response to PHOTOS: Jon's Juice Junket, part 1 - New Orleans, posted by Jon Bell on Sun May 16 00:21:04 2010. I got a quick look at the Old Pueblo Trolley this afternoon. The ex Hiroshima car was on duty today, which kind of disappointed me because I've seen it already on previous visits. I was hoping to see the ex Brussels car in action. Maybe next time.Let's start at the end of the line at University and Tyndall, near the U of Arizona main gate.  Part way down University Avenue, we pass a fraternity house:  Going round the corner at University and 4th Avenues (actually going the other way from 4th onto University):  The motorman changes ends at 4th Ave. and 8th St. near the carbon.  Last year the underpass that takes 4th Ave. underneath the UP mainline was rebuilt with streetcar tracks to carry the OPT into downtown, and later to be used as part of Tucson's modern streetcar project. Here's the entrance to the new underpass, looking south along 4th Ave.:  And here are the tracks emerging from the other side of the underpass and splitting into a one-way loop, bearing to the right along Congress Ave., then going round the block via 5th Ave. and Broadway, and returning along Toole Ave. to the left.  The OPT isn't using this trackage now. I read somewhere that they started to use it last fall, then one day they had an accident. A trolley stopped on the incline coming out of the underpass had a brake failure and rolled into the car (automobile) behind it. So the currently-operating cars are having their brakes beefed up. In the meantime they're reversing on 4th Ave. at 8th St. like they used to, except that it's now a bit north of the intersection instead of a bit south of it. Next stop, San Diego and vicinity on Tuesday and Wednesday. |
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