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Onda Soichi, 3Rd generation in his family of Motor-Men and Motor-Women; In his "Overdrive" State. This is the first introduction of a long string of motor-characters I'm working on; i hope you enjoy this first character and i hope you'll stick around for more!

#Repost @vintagetribune ・・・ "When people refer to “the Loop,” they are talking about the famed part of downtown Chicago that "L" tracks have encircled since 1897," writes Tribune reporter Ron Grossman. "But long before elevated trains began rattling above the bustling central business district, a different form of mass transit shuttled Chicagoans and commuters on a loop around downtown streets." On Feb. 23, 1882, cable cars made their maiden voyage.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ By 1906, cable cars were replaced by electric-powered streetcars. “State Street bade an ungrateful farewell to the cable train ... this morning, in the dark and early hours when good people were asleep and the roystering were enjoying their ephemeral fling. Groaning and wobbling as one decrepit and having earned a long rest, the final cable train rattled and bumped around the loop for its ‘positively last performance’ at 1:35 o’clock a.m.”⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ In this photo, cable cars ramble down Madison Street in Chicago. The smallest car at the far end of the string was the "grip car," where the motorman gripped the cable through the slot in the middle of the track. Taken from the intersection of State and Madison streets, looking east down Madison, this photo gives us a glimpse of a Louis Sullivan-designed building, at right, which was constructed in 1889. Click the link in our bio to read about cable car czar Charles Yerkes. #cablecars #chicagotransportation #motormen #theLoop #history https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Gh0rilGie/?igshid=1w6z3x0jb5q0a

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