What happens when rail rapid transit cannot support itself? What happens when a transit project runs into financial reality (in this case the great depression)???
Interesting Stuff
http://www.cinweekly.com/content/2004/03/17/0317covers_subway.asp
And history WILL repeat it self. Over and over and over…
And no one will learn from it [sigh]
…I had never heard of such an existance…Sounds typical of some projects though, that is, how they were effected by worldly events, etc…Some mass transit Companies failed right before WWII and if they could have held on just a few months longer they would have had plenty of use during the time of war with the non production of autos, gas rationing, tires, etc…This happened right here in Muncie with the Interurban system shutting down right before WWII and then it was too late for it to be used…
The Cincinnati system sure is something I never heard of before…and I’m pretty close to it now for over 40 years.
Kinda makes you wonder how many other similar projects failed around the same time, and how many of them remain as intact and undistribured.
Ed
In a similar but older circumstance, also in Cincinnati, there is a partially built tunnel under the western side of Cincinnati that was never finished. The tunnel was going under Price Hill and Western Hills, suburbs of Cincinnati, that ran out of money. Local legend is that when the tunnel was corduroyed and sealed, a 2-6-0 locomotive was left in the tunnel, never again to see the light of day…The railroad was the Cincinnati & Western RR, but little is known about it.
http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/rollhill.htm
Go Bearcats, beat Illinois!
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MC…Interesting stuff…Now must run and see if our Pacer’s can handle Sacramento starting in about 10 min…