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Wires and Poles Down. Edmonton, May 2009. Locked

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Wires and Poles Down. Edmonton, May 2009.
Posted by Kootenay Central on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:22 PM

More Wires and Poles are coming down. Edmonton Scraps Trolley Busses May 2009.

Calgary Herald, May 18, 2009.

Assortment of photos in this link.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Technology/aboard+last+trolley+ride/1558652/story.html

In a rail context, back in the early 80s Edmonton Transit used an Alco GE steeple cab electric locomotive from 1912 numbered 2001 on their LRT.

 http://www.barp.ca/bus/alberta/ets/etsrbmow/etsrbmow.html

It was quickly named the 2001 Space Oddity.

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