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docklands light rail train with a pantograph on the roof undergoing testing in manchester
old drawing prepared by parsons brinckerhoff of the los angeles metro red line subway east side extension. it had proposed stations at little tokyo, 1st / boyle, brooklyn / soto, 1st / lorena, whittier / rowan, arizona avenue, and atlantic boulevard.
a subway station in downtown seattle in which a kinkisharyo light rail train and a trolleybus sit side by side at the low side platforms of the station
smiley face raising its hands in jubilation
figure 1: a steel bridge crosses a street with old timey cars parked on the side. there are canopies above the bridge and it enters a tall brick building with romanesque archways
a siemens venture car looks mostly completed in a production facility, with a red stripe at the bottom, a dark blue cheatline around the windows, and two shades of blue separated by white swooshes
figure 1: three dudes stand in front of a doorway labeled "gate 11" in a very art deco hallway. overhead, a sign says "BOARD LONG BEACH, SAN PEDRO MOTOR COACH SERVICE THROUGH GATES 2 --- 3"
figure 1: render of a light rail train with both high and low platform boarding doors. it also highlights the an ergonomic operator's cab, improved CCTV system, LED headlights, and ASME RT-1-2020 compliance
a pacific electric streetcar stops in bellflower. its floor is near shoulder height, and there is no platform whatsoever at the stop. two men wait to climb up its entrance stairs
three streetcars in the low-ceilinged pacific electric subway terminal in los angeles
figure 1: a streetcar turns between two streets in downtown LA sometime in the 1980s. its trolley poles are retracted, and it has bogeys with rubber tires
photo of lakewood boulevard station, and island platform station directly under a street overcrossing in the 105 freeway median
color photo of the CC1 locomotive designed by oliver bulleid for the irish railways. it has a central cab and a long nose on each side. it is pulling a train of old passenger cars through the countryside
slide from a presentation (by the sierra club iirc) about redesigning Pico metro station in LA. concept number 4: subway station. Extend the existing flower street subway tunnel 0.5 miles south from 11th street and build one new subway station to relieve the passenger and capacity demands of the system on event days. the map shows pedestrian streetscapes connecting either end of the station to the convention center and staples center
coffee shop in a CG render of a three level train station serving acelas
digital sketch of a nfta-metro train entering a subway station
photo of a nippon sharyo light rail train number 148 in downtown long beach, painted in a red silver and orange livery resembling a pacific electric streetcar. the words "10th anniversary special edition" are painted above its front window in cursive silver lettering
the disneyland parking tram, a streamlined diesel tractor pulling a dozen open air rubber tired passenger trailers
Artist's sketch of the MARTA transit vehicle. it shows a MARTA train at a station, rendered in monochrome and extremely high contrast shading
a bus signed for route 69 to W. Hollywood, and a hand painted banner below its windshield reading "Queer Bus"
screenshot from an animation about the k line extension. the text "metro's not done yet" is shown, along with a line drawing of a subway train with approximately one door per car and a strange assortment of window shapes
screenshot of a render from the early to mid 2010s environmental report of low floor metro liveried light rail vehicles at staggered side platform stations. bike facilities are also shown.
figure 1: map titled LA-3 showing a rail route running north along Long Beach Avenue to Olympic boulevard, where it transitions to an elevated viaduct that runs along Olympic and Ninth street, before turning north onto Figueroa, where it has an elevated station at 7th and terminates at 4th.
plan and section diagrams showing a station just below the intersection of willowbrook avenue and compton boulevard. the structure has an island platform for the blue line, and just west of it are southern pacific railroad freight tracks. northeast of the intersection is a transit center with shade structures and sawtooth bus bays.
"figure 1: a forty foot bus approaches a boarding bay at el monte j line station. the bus is rectangular in cross section, and has several roof mounted boxes and cowlings"
early concept art of the metro crenshaw line inglewood station, showing a curved sided light rail vehicle resembling those of san francisco muni
the oliver bulleid fandom is dying! reblog if you're a true bully! [image of the twentieth century mechanical engineer oliver bulleid and the various locomotives he designed for the british southern railway