Saturday, February 1, 2014

We pause for this infrastructure break.  (Regular readers know that is one of my passions.)

A new service is being constructed to connect Oakland Airport with the BART system, a vast improvement over the current arrangement.  The Oakland Airport Connector will be an elevated rail service, but of the type powered by a cable device (like a ski tramway.)

Here's a video showing the new cars being loaded onto the tracks for testing:

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