Unlike any other urban transit system in the country, the
Seattle streetcar affords views of an operating monorail from points along
its route. The
strange and venerable overhead units, one of which is seen here, date back to the Century 21 Exposition, Seattle's World's Fair of
1962.
The Seattle Monorail route continues on a vector more northwest than the
streetcar, and thus the distance between the two lines increases as they
proceed outbound.
The large crowd at the Streetcar's Pacific Place Station in this image is indicative that
it is from very shortly after the line's opening. In fact the
route had been in service for only a few hours on its first day,
December 12, 2007. Rides were free then, and for the rest of that
month. |
