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Around Walnut Creek - Diablo Mountain Inn - 2079 Mt Diablo Blvd, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Phone:(925) 937-5050 a 3/4 mile walk.

Around East Dublin Pleasanton - Best Western Pleasanton, Motel 6 and La Quinta - all 15 minute walk.

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Mike O

> Want to sit in an Air Train seat for 2 1/2 hours? I can't believe they don't send out a crewman to manually move the train to the next station. Probably the subject for a different forum, but how often are there AirTrain failures? We have a similar system at SFO that seems pretty reliable. > Ever ...

New BART cars - about 2.5 million apiece - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/new-bart-cars-spark-outrage_n_1242360.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; New York City - about 2 million apiece for R-179 cars (Second Ave) http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/r_179_sta...

Loren - yeah, it's technically not a funicular, it's got funi (rope), but no "cular" (circulation, meaning permanently connected cars.) My high school, back in Massachusetts, wanted to build one of these in the late 1940's. A 1.2 mile link between the downtown high school and a huge athlet...

Here's a video of the first car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJbf2-vp-tw&feature=youtu.be WMATA Reston - May 2014 NYC 7 Line Extension - June 2014 OAK Airport Funicular - Oct 2014 Dallas DFW LRT - Dec 2014 PATH Calatrava Station - March 2015 10 New BART Cars (testing) - 2015 Warm Springs BAR...

Here's a pretty comprehensive write up on train control systems: http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/the-metro-north-accident-and-train-control/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; As far as straightening out the curve, there are two expensive options: 1. Tunn...

> That's why its called a tentative contract True. The unions have voted on it. While management said "we like it", their official vote has not taken place yet. "The BART board of directors is scheduled to go over the details of the tentative agreement at a closed session meeting Frid...

> BART just settled an agreement after their 3 day strike and it seemed they didn't do too bad. In all nobody wants to see a strike, even the workers. If an agreement can be made before then, believe me everyone will be happier. The BART agreement is a four year contract with three years at 3.72 per...

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04-08/local/38373571_1_transit-agency-rail-car-new-cars" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I think the comment was "brakes, lights and air" At 1.5 million for a rebuild, versus $ 2.1 million for a new car, the cost differential ...

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From an aerial photo (Google maps) it looks like they are adding a few storage tracks to the West Falls Church Yard. Which will allow storing another half dozen trains (8 cars). For the opening day, trains could be stored elsewhere, and staged for the Silver Line. This could be done with extra opera...

This would be a wonderful contribution. As mentioned, much of the data is in print form in various libraries (Seashore), BERY, etc.) but not online. Having a map of the old Eastern Mass Street Railway would be great, along with the other lines. Trackless brollies (trollyeybusses) would also be good.

> I was there. In the spring of 1965 on a Sunday night That's the one - one of the companies (Automation Dimensional Equipment - ADE) in the light industrial buildings was totally burnt out. They made a non-contact gaging system used for production measuring of metal sheets, semiconductor wafers, et...

I seem to remember a fire burning down many blocks of east Cambridge. Either late fifties or sixties? Quite a few rail-served industries were involved, but I am not sure if it affected any transit (either Red line at Kendall or Green line at Lechmere. I tried googling "cambridge fire", etc...