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Tampa - January 2000
   

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Tampa – More Trolleys

Rail Transit Online, January 2000

The order with Gomaco for eight replica heritage streetcars to operate the Tampa-Ybor City line has now been increased to 10.  The first unit is expected to be rolled out early this month.  Meanwhile a historical group in Tampa is restoring a single truck Birney, presumably for use on the same line.  Assembly continues on the new 88-LSS Birney Truck using reconditioned motor and axle assemblies from a Boston Elevated Railway Taylor truck with a new frame and springing designed by Street Railway Associates of Dallas.  The Ybor City project is yet another example of how a historic trolley line is being merged with the need to have an effective rail transit system.  Several are already open and others are under active planning. 

 

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