St. Louis, MO. New trolley system

[Kb4iuj]

It's called "The Delmar Loop" which runs just north of the city park called Forrest Park. They have what appears to be some old trolleys which look sorta like the New Orleans Street Cars. Thus, if any of you guys know anybody in the management of some of the Japanese Tram/Light Rail companies who might like to let these folks try out one of their Trams. In the middle of America. Well, this location has a few perks which I'm sure they'll tell them all about it. Hence, it would make sense for a Japanese company have a Tram in service as the St. Louis Metrolink uses Siemens light rail system.

 

I might add Chuck Berry's Blueberry Hill Night Club is on this trolley route. Thus, musicians traveling to Memphis, TN just might ride these Japanese Trams and Memphis might come up and have a look and other cities as well.

[kvp]

Most of those vintage cars are recently made replicas and meant to look like old trams. It's a heritage looking line, so it's meant to look like it's old, but the trams on it should be reliable.

 

Personally i don't know any company in Japan who makes historic trams. Most trams built in Japan are modern low floor ones and are based on european licenses.

[bill937ca]

The trolley line purchased several ex-Portland Council Crest replica streetcars for its line and it did have a couple of ex-Milan Peter Witt cars.

[Socimi]

Milan's Peter Witt "Ventotto" (28 - from 1928 the date they were introduced) are popping up literally evrywhere.

[kvp]

They have built over 500 of them and the currently running ones have been properly maintained and modernised and have modern equipment. (even the driving stand has lcd screens and a modern info/comm system, but these are mostly hidden from passengers) They are real heritage cars with up to date internal systems for daily use on dedicated downtown heritage routes that double as normal commuter lines.

[Socimi]

They have built over 500 of them and the currently running ones have been properly maintained and modernised and have modern equipment. (even the driving stand has lcd screens and a modern info/comm system, but these are mostly hidden from passengers) They are real heritage cars with up to date internal systems for daily use on dedicated downtown heritage routes that double as normal commuter lines.

 

It's literally a moving museum! They still keep the original internal lighting and wooden seats . Apart from LCD screens in the cab they've also been fitted with automatiic announcments.

 

The fun part is that there is no (luckily) plannned replacement. These cars might hit 100 years in operation!