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Growing up in the 1950's, I liked the streamlined PCC cars operated by the CTA in Chicago (the Green Hornets). Then the CTA rushed to eliminate streetcars so, for among other reasons, they could rebuild the PCC's into elevated cars! <br /> <br />More on GM's involvement in converting streetcar lines to buses: GM formed a front company called City Lines, Inc. which proceeded to buy up streetcar lines in cities across the US, and replace streetcars with GM diesel buses. Champaign-Urbana City Lines is an example (this was before public transit districts took over private transit companies in most cities during the 1970's). If buses were so much more efficient than streetcars, isn't it strange that GM had to resort to this ploy? And now we've come full circle, with cities building light rail lines! <br /> <br />John W. Baie, author, www.xlibris.com/TwoTrackMain.html
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