Update: 1/12
There has been extensive dialogue on this subject and I have concluded that I will coagulate the emails I have written and post them here for the benefit of your broader understanding of the concept. Please understand that all of this is a "concept". It is a vision of what could be... but it could only be if there is a collective communal desire for such a thing to happen. Look for me to post a new summary in the coming weeks. AG
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I have been promoting the idea that the Rail Line which runs through Southampton be reconstituted and operated as a Trolley Line, which primarily will service the Park Systems along the line. This trolley would accommodate bicycles so that those who use the line can travel between the parks, as well as the communities in-between.
In my mind an antique trolley, slow moving and uniquely quaint, would be an excellent tourist attraction for Southampton and part of that plan would be to restore the train station for use as a museum. As I understand it, The Southampton Railroad Station Society is thinking in terms of making the train station a museum which will highlight numerous aspects of the rail line history, including the train wreck of 1921.
So it is that I am going to begin to post further on the subject here. I have posted on this subject and been writing emails to this effect for some time, but not on this site. There is an essay with a link in the right panel titled "On the Improvement of the Community" this is an older essay and may be outdated, but it is worth looking at. There is also something of a summary of my work experience, as means of justification for the perspectives presented there.
If you have thoughts on a trolley line, please do enter the dialogue on the subject. AG
