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during the weekend of May 11-12 while GCT held its Parade of Trains event, featuring over a dozen private cars. No. 9306 entered service in 1963 and wears the World’s Fair paint scheme. Digital edition readers will find a feature on the GCT Parade of Trains beginning on page 62.


March 2013. This is going to take a while. Thanks to Harry Ross for the news.


New Rails to Santa Monica


Whoopee for the expansion of light rail serv- ice in the Los Angeles area to Santa Monica. The California Transportation Commission is providing $28.3 million to extend the Metro Exposition Line to Santa Monica. The expanding service doesn’t rival the fabled Pacific Electric yet, but who knows how far it will go. Thanks to John A. Lee for the in- formation.


Fixing Things Up


All rail lines need constant maintenance to keep them in top shape. The same goes for all modes of transportation. New York City Transit recently built a new station at South Ferry only to see it inundated by the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy. It may take as long as three years to put the station right. That’s the bad news; the good news is that the old South Ferry station may still be em- ployed providing rail service. The old station is located on a curve, so only five subway cars can access the platform. Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey


Transit suffered at least $450 million in damage and probably much more by the time all the bills come in. The PATH system also experienced damage from Hurricane Sandy and has worked diligently to restore the service while it works on plans to spend $659 million to upgrade and modernize all of its 13 stations.


Thanks to the interest of Mayor Rahm Emanuel in considering the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line as the backbone of the rapid transit system and the heart of Chica- go’s public transportation network, a major effort to upgrade the line is under way. The upgrade will most likely include an expan- sion of the Red Line south to 130th Street. The places where passengers transfer be-


tween bus and rail will see major improve- ment. For years I have wondered about what kind of development might find its way to the Green Line elevated on the South Side, which has been surrounded by acres of noth- ing as the vast, ancient slums have been razed. The late George Krambles told Bill Middleton and me that he figured that the development eventually would be for hous- ing younger people who worked in down- town Chicago.


The Northern Indiana Commuter Trans- portation District will probably move ahead in 2013 to install high level platforms at the Dune Park station. When that is finished, only the Gary station among the busy stops will have low-level platforms, and that may change in a few years. One goal of the NICTD management and board of trustees is to reduce the running time from northern Indiana to Chicago. Thanks to Fred Cole, Nat Baer, Cliff Henderson and Bill Holman for the news.


Connecticut Electric Railway Association The Connecticut Electric Railway Associa- tion operates the Connecticut Trolley Muse- um (58 North Road, P.O. Box 360, East Windsor, CT 06088-0360). The museum is looking for persons interested in electric railways to join its ranks as members. You may reach the museum by telephone at 860/627-6540. The Connecticut museum dates back to the late 1930s, at the very be- ginning of railway preservation ventures. Like all rail museums, it needs money and volunteers.


All rail museums are vulnerable to bad weather and several were hit hard by hurri- canes and other bad weather on the east coast. In the case of the Connecticut muse- um, there was also serious vandalism and theft last year. If you volunteer at the Con- necticut Electric Railway Association, you may be trained to operate the cars and be a


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