Started but never finshied Anacostia DC Streetcar year 2000 somthing

I just remembered that starting with Mayor Marion Barry that the plan was to use a old CSX branch line. They spent like 40 million dollers on this project which included buying a Czech Deisel Streetcar which sat in a city barn and is now in parts unknown. Grade crossings where redone but after a while the city repurposed the money to be used on other projects which a good portion came from the Federal Transit Adminstration.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacostia_Line after reading the Wikipedia Article on this this was a boondogle public works disaster from start to finsih with cuts and kickbacks and politics. Yes I favor public rail transit but this was a uneeded project that was a gift of to a corrupt political machine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacostia_Line

and despite like 50 million and buying 3 Czech Streetcars it was never finished. Any idea where the cars are ? Any hope for progress on this in my lifetime?

Do we really need two posts on this?

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Yes I need 2 posts on this as this is a regional rail issue as this is a former CSX freight branch line reused for transit in the DC/MD area. One post is a transit fan post and the other is a rail history post so one type of railfan might not need to read the other post or populate the other forum

RayT wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 4:27 pm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacostia_Line

and despite like 50 million and buying 3 Czech Streetcars it was never finished. Any idea where the cars are ? Any hope for progress on this in my lifetime?

I suppose its not impossible that the cars remain inside the well-maintained car barn built for this project:
https://goo.gl/maps/aT3Zx7Hju2nVHkVf9

Though if they've seen zero maintenance or use in a decade, I'm not sure that they would be usable in any way.

RayT wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 4:24 pm Yes I need 2 posts on this as this is a regional rail issue as this is a former CSX freight branch line reused for transit in the DC/MD area. One post is a transit fan post and the other is a rail history post so one type of railfan might not need to read the other post or populate the other forum

I'm still amazed that DC couldn't use that abandoned csx tracks, as the land under was owned by ... DC.

RayT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacostia_Line

and despite like 50 million and buying it was never finished. Any idea where the cars are ? Any hope for progress on this in my lifetime?

The 3 Czech Streetcars were eventually shipped to the United States via the Port of Baltimore. They were stored at WMATA Greenbelt Yard until the construction of H Street streetcar line was completed. One of them was put on public display on the former site of the DC Convention Center for a couple of weeks prior to the completion H Street streetcar line. They were used to provide service on the H Street streetcar line when it opened for service.