Comments on: Montreal Geography Trivia No. 64 http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ladyjaye http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109898 ladyjaye Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:47:58 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109898 In the late 1990s, I remember tripping (fortunately, not actually falling and hurting myself) on exposed streetcar tracks that had popped back on the surface in the middle of the street on Sherbrooke at the corner of Elmurst (so, a few blocks from where the above pics were taken). I don't know if the city actually removed that bit of tracks since or just repaved over it... In the late 1990s, I remember tripping (fortunately, not actually falling and hurting myself) on exposed streetcar tracks that had popped back on the surface in the middle of the street on Sherbrooke at the corner of Elmurst (so, a few blocks from where the above pics were taken). I don't know if the city actually removed that bit of tracks since or just repaved over it...

]]> By: Rich http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109824 Rich Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:47:19 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109824 Holy crap! It's another tramway map geek! Will you marry me, emdx? I promise to be gentle in bed. "Sort of". Holy crap! It's another tramway map geek!

Will you marry me, emdx? I promise to be gentle in bed. "Sort of".

]]> By: emdx http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109689 emdx Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:45:49 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109689 I have two maps of the Montréal streetcar network on my own website at http://emdx.org/rail/MTC1941/index.html (the first is the route map, and the second the topology of the rail network itself) Also I have an hypothetical map of what the streetcar network could have become had it been decided not to build the Métro, but instead run the streetcar through downtown tunnels: http://emdx.org/rail/metro/pasDeMetro.php I have two maps of the Montréal streetcar network on my own website at

http://emdx.org/rail/MTC1941/index.html

(the first is the route map, and the second the topology of the rail network itself)

Also I have an hypothetical map of what the streetcar network could have become had it been decided not to build the Métro, but instead run the streetcar through downtown tunnels:

http://emdx.org/rail/metro/pasDeMetro.php

]]> By: Rich http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109665 Rich Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:18:34 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109665 The BNQ has a couple of old tramway maps online if any of you history nerds are interested... 1923: http://services.banq.qc.ca/sdx/cep/document.xsp?app=ca.BAnQ.sdx.cep&db=notice&id=0000231105&n=4&dbrf0=xtgpleintexte_fr_FR&dbrv0=tramway&qlang=fr-FR&db=notice&dbrn=1&sortfield=titre_trie&order=ascendant&col=*&chpp=20&dbrqp=search_notice&qid=sdx_q0 1941: http://services.banq.qc.ca/sdx/cep/document.xsp?app=ca.BAnQ.sdx.cep&db=notice&id=0000335641&n=5&dbrf0=xtgpleintexte_fr_FR&dbrv0=tramway&qlang=fr-FR&db=notice&dbrn=1&sortfield=titre_trie&order=ascendant&col=*&chpp=20&dbrqp=search_notice&qid=sdx_q0 Let me know if the links don't work and I'll try to repost. The BNQ has a couple of old tramway maps online if any of you history nerds are interested...

1923: http://services.banq.qc.ca/sdx/cep/document.xsp?app=ca.BAnQ.sdx.cep&db=notice&id=0000231105&n=4&dbrf0=xtgpleintexte_fr_FR&dbrv0=tramway&qlang=fr-FR&db=notice&dbrn=1&sortfield=titre_trie&order=ascendant&col=*&chpp=20&dbrqp=search_notice&qid=sdx_q0

1941: http://services.banq.qc.ca/sdx/cep/document.xsp?app=ca.BAnQ.sdx.cep&db=notice&id=0000335641&n=5&dbrf0=xtgpleintexte_fr_FR&dbrv0=tramway&qlang=fr-FR&db=notice&dbrn=1&sortfield=titre_trie&order=ascendant&col=*&chpp=20&dbrqp=search_notice&qid=sdx_q0

Let me know if the links don't work and I'll try to repost.

]]> By: Marie de Montréal http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109641 Marie de Montréal Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:05:43 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109641 Boul. St-Joseph near St-Denis? Boul. St-Joseph near St-Denis?

]]> By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109634 Fagstein Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:59:24 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109634 Fixing them would probably mean entirely replacing them, since they've been left rotting for half a century. It would essentially be starting from scratch. Fixing them would probably mean entirely replacing them, since they've been left rotting for half a century. It would essentially be starting from scratch.

]]> By: David Pinto http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109633 David Pinto Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:59:19 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109633 Those sure are funny-looking spliffs! Those sure are funny-looking spliffs!

]]> By: Robert Gervais http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109631 Robert Gervais Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:56:44 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109631 > and are slowly being removed. Maybe they should fix them up and reinstate tramway service, or a modern version of one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail_in_North_America Check first shot on right, Huston TX. > and are slowly being removed.

Maybe they should fix them up and reinstate tramway service, or a modern version of one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail_in_North_America

Check first shot on right, Huston TX.

]]> By: Rob Kemp http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109622 Rob Kemp Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:20:08 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109622 LOL...wow was I off! There could've been tracks under the Spectrum. LOL...wow was I off! There could've been tracks under the Spectrum.

]]> By: Karine http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109618 Karine Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:13:01 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109618 Wasn't hard to guess, I remember when they tore Ste-Cath to repave it a few years ago. And on some stretches you can still see them peaking through... Wasn't hard to guess, I remember when they tore Ste-Cath to repave it a few years ago. And on some stretches you can still see them peaking through...

]]> By: Kirti Patel http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109616 Kirti Patel Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:51:21 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109616 Old streetcar tracks? Old streetcar tracks?

]]> By: Christelle http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109612 Christelle Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:41:24 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109612 Some old tram/train tracks that were under the street in Old MTL? Some old tram/train tracks that were under the street in Old MTL?

]]> By: Rob Kemp http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109610 Rob Kemp Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:35:55 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109610 Is it the demolition site at the old Spectrum? Is it the demolition site at the old Spectrum?

]]> By: Robert Gervais http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109609 Robert Gervais Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:24:06 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109609 Railroad tracks. Dorin-Rigaud line Railroad tracks. Dorin-Rigaud line

]]> By: Becks http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109608 Becks Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:23:55 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109608 the remains of the wooden supports(ties) and streetcar track they support...on Sherbrooke W. the remains of the wooden supports(ties) and streetcar track they support...on Sherbrooke W.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109604 Chris Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:54:58 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109604 Railroad ties and tracks under Ste-Catherine. Probably the hole that was at the corner of de la Montagne all summer. Railroad ties and tracks under Ste-Catherine. Probably the hole that was at the corner of de la Montagne all summer.

]]> By: COOL FAT MICHAEL 1999 FROM DIRTY JERZY http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109603 COOL FAT MICHAEL 1999 FROM DIRTY JERZY Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:53:41 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109603 Old streetcar ties?? exposed during road work? saw some on cotes des neiges once Old streetcar ties?? exposed during road work? saw some on cotes des neiges once

]]> By: Karine http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109602 Karine Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:46:09 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109602 Not sure my comment went through so let me try again: Is is a rotting rail roard track? But here's my other thought: A tramway track that is peaking though the asphalt? Not sure my comment went through so let me try again: Is is a rotting rail roard track? But here's my other thought: A tramway track that is peaking though the asphalt?

]]> By: Franco http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109601 Franco Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:42:08 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109601 An old tramway track wood tie ?? An old tramway track wood tie ??

]]> By: mat http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/12/14/montreal-geography-trivia-no-64/comment-page-1/#comment-109600 mat Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:41:30 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=7808#comment-109600 the old turcot yards? the old turcot yards?

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