 Metro’s vintage Australian streetcars are headed to St. Louis. The streetcars can no longer be used here because Seattle’s modern streetcars run on a lower profile using electronic controls. The streetcars were once used on the George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line, a corridor that was destroyed to make room for the Olympic Sculpture Park. Metro can no longer use the Melbourne trolleys because Seattle’s modern streetcars run on a lower profile using electronic controls. The cars are to be used on the Delmar Loop Trolley, a 2.2-mile heritage trolley line in St. Louis. The Seattle Times © June 2016 |
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