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Sacramento - April 2003
   

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Sacramento — Heritage Plan

Rail Transit Online, April 2003

A group of rail transit enthusiasts who were instrumental in helping make LRT a reality in Sacramento is now working on a plan to introduce a downtown heritage trolley service.  The nonprofit Friends of Light Rail organization has had four old Sacramento streetcars ready for restoration but no place to do the work.  Now developer Dain Domich, who specializes in commercial real estate ventures geared toward the light rail system, has come up with the necessary facilities.  “We've got shop space that's finally being completed, and we'll start work as soon as we can,”" Domich told the Sacramento Bee.  First on the list is No. 65, built for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. in 1929 and retired when the streetcar system was scrapped in 1947.  It was a restaurant in several locations before being rescued for restoration.  However, Regional Transit District (RT) spokesman Mike Wiley said there are significant obstacles to the proposal, not the least of which is track capacity.  “It would probably work on a Sunday, but otherwise there would be problems with power draw and also with operating within our regular schedule of service, particularly after the (new) south line is in operation,” Wiley told The Bee.  RT already owns and infrequently operates historic Sacramento car No. 35, which is always a crowd pleaser and gives Friends of Light Rail hope that their old trolleys will someday be running on RT’s rails.

 

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