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I was watching the movie "Meet Me in St. Louis" the other night and was wondering if they really had those double deck cars in 1903 St. Louis. Looked around on the net for possible photos to no avail. I presume MGM researched and either bought an old car or made up a replica for the movie.Sure would be cool to run that car in MSTS. <hint...hint>Arthur
Arthur Now take what I'm about to say with a very large grain of salt as it has been many many many moons since I've seen that flick but my guess would be a pure Hollywood mockup with no real prototype since my guess would be the upper deck and energized trolly wire = bad situation.Gary S
42 year old future curmudgen(Hey you kids get offa my lawn!!)
There were some cities in the USA that had double-decked cars, similar to the one shown in "Meet Me In St.Luois". Not sure if St.Louie had 'em though. They were never really popular here, but were (and are) popular on British tramways.( New York's Third Avenue line ran some for a time, but were enclosed, and were nick-named "Broadway Battleships", because of their ship-like front end treatment.) Tim
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Hi Tim, Don't forget that the tracks under the 3 St. EL & the tracks on Broadway were slotted like cable car tracks. This is where the power came from. My Computer specs are in my profile Mike "
Speaking of double deck trams, I had the opportunity to ride the Hong Kong system in 2001. Wild stuff! They run single-truck double-deck cars, remeniscent of an English system of ninety years ago. Charging a very small fare, it cost less that 1 USD to ride as long as one likes. They provide an essential service to the people of Hong Kong, and are real public service, not a tourist-based curio. I reckon I'll have to model one for MSTS sometime!Cheers, Matt
Here you go a tourist tramway in England UK running double deck cars. Some of these are restored tramcars and some new builds. They run on narrow gauge track 2ft 9 inches. My father used to drive and also restored a couple of the old cars.http://www.tram.co.ukP.S. Only stand up while the car is in motion if you want a permanent parting in your hair!
