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The Roosevelt Island tram continues to sit still as the NY State Department of Labor investigates what Tuesday night when it just stopped working...and the two backups systems didn't work. And the culprit for the problems that caused people to be stuck midair for hours? The air brakes didn't work properly, according to DoL sources, though Roosevelt Island officials disagree. The AP reports DoL will check out the first backup system - a diesel one - at Roosevelt Island today to figure out if it would have worked if the brakes worked; the DoL will also review ConEd's doings, to see what caused the initial power surges that downed the system. Ah, when in doubt, blame ConEd!
Even though the Swiss company that made the trams (hey, they make yummy chocolate, great cuckoo clocks, and amazing watches) dispatched someone to fix them, the trams still aren't working: Roosevelt Island officials hope to reopen the trams when they are fixed, but can't set a date for when that'll be. Hmm, when they reopen, we can't imagine business will be that great...except for those thrillseekers and people trying out for Survivor who want to test their endurance.
Let's take a walk through memory lane when people were trapped in the tram for a wee bit of time (relatively speaking) last September and when there was a Fear Factor stunt on the tram in 2004.
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Why is the Dep't of Labor looking into it? Isn't that beyond their duties?
Re: the Swiss ... from "The Third Man"
"Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
(in the film, Orson Welles to Joseph Cotten)
I love this quote from the Swiss company's website that were in today's Daily News:
"Installations erected 30 years ago receive the same careful and comprehensive service as the most recent state-of-the-art installations"
I want to know who the brave soul is going to be, who takes the first tram ride, when they get it going again. And, what are they going to take with them? I'd guess, at least 3 sandwiches, a lot of bottled water, maybe some Twinkies, maybe an orange or apple, maybe some yogurt, a portapotty, toilet paper, a good book, a charged cell phone, lap top with a good battery (one that can play DVD's), a blanket, air mattress and pillow, soap, razor, make up, toothbrush, toothpaste...