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Which modern light rail line evokes the magic of classic interurbans best?

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Posted by daveklepper on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 5:03 AM

Like the Princeton Junction and Back, the Stamford - New Canaan braanch of ConnDOT-Metro-North looks like an interurban.  And indeed it was electrified in 1901 at 550V or 600VDC with interurban-like trolleycars, and then converted to 11000V AC around 1914 to integrate with the main-line electrification.  The Gladstone branch of trhe ex-Lackawana lines is another, and Brass Penny restaurant, if it still is open, is worth the trip to Gladstone on its own.

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