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This isn't your grandfather's maintenance facility.(Maintenance Matters)(transit operations)

Publication: Mass Transit
Publication Date: 01-JUN-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Can you believe it? Just more than a hundred years ago, America's public transit was animal-powered. More than 100,000 horses and mules pulled 18,000 street cars over 3,000 miles of track in cities across the nation. Keeping the fleets of those days running meant oiling wheels, ensuring the a...

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...cars were brightly painted, and providing plenty of hay, oats and water for the horsepower. Back then, transit managers faced the challenge of disposing of manure and debated the merits of the latest horseshoes. The cars and horses were serviced and housed in what was called "barn."

As innovation took place, with engines and electricity replacing animal power in...

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