If young Bev is like his father, we can expect the streetcars to roll again. Roanoke is not historic like Knoxville. It was a small village called Big Lick until the early 1900s. Yet it has managed to keep going, develop its natural beauty and even has the same market square where we used to go to buy fresh vegetables. He urged that officials from the six states work on a single effort rather than each state working separately.
Rail transit is in the midst of a rebirth in America, and it comes in all forms.
We'll close with another example of the old becoming new again. Rail transit still sparks interest, whether it's restored steam engines, new or old streetcars, passenger trains or light-rail commuter runs. And we'll continue to write about it as long as the mail keeps coming. As for resigning, that's out. Harry Moskos is editor of the News-Sentinel.