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December 12, 2005

930 Test Today...

To address a couple of comments on today's test:

Question on how 930 got to Canal Street. I didn't see it, but WWL-TV's news report showed 930 being pulled by a white pickup truck onto Canal. I'm assuming that they pulled it all the way from the barn. That means they cleared the neutral ground enough to get down to the CBD. This makes more sense than trucking the streetcar. I remember Elmer saying that it cost $6K to truck 2013 from Carrollton Station to Randolph when they were doing the final check-out of the Canal barn in 2004.

Use of Car 29, the last Ford, Bacon & Davis single-truck streetcar. Car #29 is used as a sand car, maintenance car, and as a rail grinder. Given that Elmer and company spent the better part of last year re-building #29 after it suffered severe damage from an electrical controller fire, my guess is that they didn't want to risk something going wrong today. They have a lot more spare parts for the 900s should there have been a problem getting 930 down there.

Of course, I'd love to see #29 on Canal again. Hopefully soon.

Posted by YatPundit at December 12, 2005 7:33 PM

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