Rochester's Subway - DVD Trailer

[dpjaexp]

Now London has brought light rail back full force, and many North American cities are doing the same as it is the most efficient, most environmentally responsible, and most attractive way to convey large numbers of people through the dense shopping and residential cores of cities and towns, and out into the suburbs (which were all streecar suburbs at their origin).

[UglySean]

So it wasn't a "subway" as many people know it but a "light rail" (streetcar) line. Subway as in a subterranean line perhaps but okay. It's an interesting story.

[dpjaexp]

@UglySean Boston's Green Line is partially in a subway, as are Philly's trolley system under Center City, San Francisco's Muni System in parts, and Newark's Light Rail system. North America's first subway was Boston's, running between Park Street and Arlington Street stations - streetcars in a tunnel. You are correct in identifying the motive power and its infrastructure as what are today referred to as 'Light Rail', however, from a rail perspective Rochester's system counted a subway system.

[dpjaexp]

Respond to this video... London used to have an extensive network of double-decker trams and several routes ran through a tunnel in Central London referred to as the Kingsway Subway, long abandoned, but readily researchable on the Internet. Any tunnel beneath a city through which electric rail equipment operates is, in North America, a subway. There are two kinds: light rail, and heavy rail, which are high-platform, higher capacity lines powered by third rail or overhead catenary.

[AllyBScot]

Looks like an interesting video. It was such a shame all these forms of transport were abandoned & everyone was forced into automobiles & the cities were choked! In my home town of Glasgow, Scotland there were once over 200 miles of tram (streetcar) tracks, but by 1962 they had all been ripped up! Still, at least we kept our subway line!

[dpjaexp]

@AllyBScot Glasgow's was Britain's largest and densest, was it not AllyB?

[AllyBScot]

@dpjaexp London had more track mileage but it wasn't a single system, different boroughs ran their own service. So yes Glasgow's was indeed the single biggest system. It covered all of glasgow & the neighbouring towns such as Paisley & Clydebank. over 200 miles of track!

[dpjaexp]

@AllyBScot AMAZING! :-D

[flyurway]

Had Toronto gotten on the stick and not expected Rottenchester to bear nearly the entire cost of the ferry it may have actually worked. Hell, it took Toronto almost 2 years just to put up a 1/2-assed terminal. And the funny thing is, Toronto had more to gain by it than Rochester did...no one was coming to Rochester, Rochesterians were all going to Toronto!

[MayaMeows]

Yeah, I don't know what the hell people were thinking. I would have actually used the ferry as I go to Toronto 2-3 times a month when it is nice out, but not when it takes just as long to drive and costs as much as it does to fly to NYC and back on a good fare day. Idiots.

[nytnt4u]

HA! Toronto is full of pole greasers.

[benslooking4junk]

No offense but in Toronto are a bunch of fags who never got with the program! We sold it though for our share. What a wonderful DVD!

[bink023]

Rochester is a scuzzy city...no offense, but in toronto it cost us the ferryboat. I would like to see the DVD thou

[MayaMeows]

I like the fact that Rochester is scuzzy. Its real, and the people here are really down to earth and generally good.

[miotch]

How does one get a copy of that DVD? I know every inch down there... Never mind, got to the end of the video. I still love it down there. Havn't been in years.

[mbouw21]

this is a great DVD thanks for posting this...rochester should have light rail today

[pinkkimuovikani]

Nice Clip but it´s just trying to get you to buy the end of the line-dvd..

[mikeboas]

Right, didn't mean to mislead anyone. This is the trailer for the Rochester subway documentary -- I've changed the title to reflect that.

[dpjaexp]

@pinkkimuovikani Seriously? The people who made this documentary worked hard on it. Of course it costs money to see the whole thing. That covers all their production costs. And those that buy it and absorb its information are the richer for it.