The other day the Music Man and I, along with Penny met up on a Sunday to head over to the Flying Fish for some 25 cent oysters, it’s a special that they have every Sunday, all day. Along the walk down Main Street from my condo we encountered a truly odd Memphis thing. Apparently one of the trolley’s that head up and down Main street in downtown Memphis got into a wreck, all by itself. How does a trolley on a track get into wreck you ask? Well no other vehicle ran into it. After a brief conversation with the MATA crew we were able to surmise that the driver jumped the rails and then, while off the tracks, drove on the cobble stones for three blocks until it ran into a light post.
Sometimes these drivers can be a bit surly so I hope it one of those drivers because whoever was driving will be without a job very soon. Then again this is Memphis so they might end up running MATA. Here are some pictures of the wreck and then a few of us at the Rajun’ Cajun crawfish festival behind AutoZone corporate headquarters. There were a few more festival people then usual this year.
The trolley hits a lamp post.
Off the tracks
Notice the white line where the trolley damaged the concrete of the rails.
The music man and penny
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