I saw that which you see above in the Seattle Times online version this morning. That train you see is one of the trains rolling along one of Sound Transit's Link Light Rail line.
From the Wikipedia Link Light Rail article...
Link Light Rail is a light rail system with some rapid transit characteristics that serves the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. It is managed by Sound Transit in partnership with local transit providers and comprises three non-connected lines that total 55 miles (89 km) with 48 stations.
Apparently, some repairs are needed in case the Seattle Seahawks win the Super Bowl, again, on Sunday.
Dallas has a light rail line, known as DART.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
DART does not have a line which goes to Arlington, which is the location of the Dallas Cowboy's football stadium. It has been a few decades since Dallas has had to worry about making sure DART is working well, in case a Super Bowl victory parade was causing a lot of people to want to ride the rail to downtown Dallas.
It has long seemed odd to me that there is no DART line to Arlington. The Dallas Cowboy stadium is a short walking distance from the Texas Ranger's ballpark. That and the original Six Flags Over Texas theme park.
There is a DART line which goes from Dallas to DFW International Airport. There is no light rail line which goes from Fort Worth to the airport.
Fort Worth used to have a short subway rail line. It still existed when I moved to Texas.
You could park at the massive parking lot at the north end of downtown Fort Worth, then walk to one of the subway stations and wait to board for the free ride to the heart of downtown Fort Worth, a short distance south.
These were really old subway trains.
What made it a subway line was that those really old subway trains rolled through a tunnel before emerging at a vertical mall, near the downtown Fort Worth library.
For some reason Fort Worth's civic leaders went along with killing the world's shortest subway line so that Radio Shack could build itself a new corporate headquarters, which Radio Shack could not afford.
Last I heard part of the Radio Shack corporate headquarters has been turned into college classrooms for, if I remember correctly, Tarrant County College.
Maybe by the time the Dallas Cowboys win another Super Bowl DART will have a line running to Arlington...
Apparently, some repairs are needed in case the Seattle Seahawks win the Super Bowl, again, on Sunday.
Dallas has a light rail line, known as DART.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
DART does not have a line which goes to Arlington, which is the location of the Dallas Cowboy's football stadium. It has been a few decades since Dallas has had to worry about making sure DART is working well, in case a Super Bowl victory parade was causing a lot of people to want to ride the rail to downtown Dallas.
It has long seemed odd to me that there is no DART line to Arlington. The Dallas Cowboy stadium is a short walking distance from the Texas Ranger's ballpark. That and the original Six Flags Over Texas theme park.
There is a DART line which goes from Dallas to DFW International Airport. There is no light rail line which goes from Fort Worth to the airport.
Fort Worth used to have a short subway rail line. It still existed when I moved to Texas.
You could park at the massive parking lot at the north end of downtown Fort Worth, then walk to one of the subway stations and wait to board for the free ride to the heart of downtown Fort Worth, a short distance south.
These were really old subway trains.
What made it a subway line was that those really old subway trains rolled through a tunnel before emerging at a vertical mall, near the downtown Fort Worth library.
For some reason Fort Worth's civic leaders went along with killing the world's shortest subway line so that Radio Shack could build itself a new corporate headquarters, which Radio Shack could not afford.
Last I heard part of the Radio Shack corporate headquarters has been turned into college classrooms for, if I remember correctly, Tarrant County College.
Maybe by the time the Dallas Cowboys win another Super Bowl DART will have a line running to Arlington...
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