Streetcar (11099 bytes)
1: ...istoric postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in [[Richmond, Virginia]], where [[Frank J. Spra...
2: ...] [[omnibus|bus]] in the appearance of a heritage streetcar, a suspended cable car (''[[aerial tramway]]''), ...
4: The term '''streetcar''' is generic to most forms of [[common carrier]]...
7: The first streetcar lines developed from [[city]] [[stagecoach]] line...
9: ...828]] and in [[New York City]] in [[1832]]. These streetcars were an [[animal railway]] usually using [[horse...

Waterfront Streetcar (2153 bytes)
2: ...egan on [[May 29]], [[1982]], which was the first streetcar run in Seattle since [[April 13]], [[1941]]. Geor...
20: *[http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/waterfront_streetcar.html Official site]

Atlanta Streetcar (898 bytes)
1: ...it]] [[organization]] with the mission to bring [[streetcar]]s back to [[downtown]] [[Atlanta]]. The main go...
6: *http://www.atlantastreetcar.org

PCC streetcar (5948 bytes)
1: ...ge:TCRT_PCC_streetcar.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A PCC streetcar in museum operation]]
2: ...ERPCC''', was tasked with producing a new type of streetcar that would help fend off competition from [[bus]]...
4: ... of 100 cars was built in [[1936]]. In all, 4978 streetcars were produced, with the last PCC cars built in t...
8: ... [[Bruges]], [[Belgium]] building several hundred streetcars which saw service in the cities of [[Brussels]],...
16: ...ond-hand in the United States from decommissioned streetcars from [[Kansas City, Missouri]] and [[Johnstown, ...

Streetcar suburb (5057 bytes)
1: ...cle called a ''tram'' in many parts of the world. Streetcar suburbs were, in many respects, the precursor to ...
3: ...ds. Both the affluent and working class utilized streetcars as their primary means of transportation from th...
5: In a large sense, the streetcar suburbs of the early [[1900s]] worked well for a ...
7: ...on, without any real plan for future development, streetcar suburbs were highly planned communities that were...
9: ...as convenient access to [[public transport]] (the streetcar line).

Portland Streetcar (3048 bytes)
1: [[Image:Streetcar.jpg|thumbnail|300px|right|Streetcar at the corner of 11th and Alder]]
3: The '''Portland Streetcar''' is a [[tram]] system in [[Portland, Oregon]].
5: ...ves the overall region. By contrast, the Portland Streetcar is a smaller and more localized transportation sy...
9: ...on, including the purchase of an additional three streetcars, with the intent to improve [[headway|headways]]...
11: ... while the MAX tracks run in a reserved lane. The streetcars operate as single cars.

St. Charles Avenue Streetcar (2469 bytes)
1: The '''St. Charles Avenue Streetcar''' is a [[streetcar]] line in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. According ...
5: The line still uses streetcars which were common all over the [[United States]]...
7: ... dating from the [[1920s]]. One [[1890s]] vintage streetcar is still in running condition; it is used for mai...
12: ...ists protested the dismatling of the Canal Street streetcar line in the early [[1960s]]. While they were unsu...
14: ...n appearance of the old cars for the city's newer streetcar lines.

A Streetcar Named Desire (5134 bytes)
1: ...tamp-ctc-streetcar-named-desire.png|right|250px|A Streetcar Named Desire]]
2: '''''A Streetcar Named Desire''''' is a [[play]] by [[Tennessee W...
12: ...ive her security. Still, she cannot return on the streetcar named Desire because she has only a one-way ticke...
18: ''Streetcar'' came shortly after Williams's first big success...
21: ...dited by many to the worldwide fame gained by the streetcars made by the [[Perley A. Thomas Car Works, Inc.]]...

Heritage streetcar system (2394 bytes)
1: ...ing or construction stages in 40 more. Heritage [[streetcar]] systems currently operating in [[Memphis, Tenne...
3: ...Prize for Drama]] for the play in [[1948]]. ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' was made into a movie starring [...
5: ...dited by many to the worldwide fame gained by its streetcars made by the [[Perley A. Thomas Car Works]]. Thes...
21: * [[General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy]]
23: * [[A Streetcar Named Desire|''A Streetcar Named Desire'']]

TECO Line Streetcar System (1120 bytes)
1: ...ation Authority]] and managed by [[Tampa Historic Streetcar, Inc.]]. It connects downtown to the historic [[Y...
14: *[[Streetcar Society (TECO station)|Streetcar Society]]
19: *[http://www.tecolinestreetcar.org/home.html TECO Line official site]
21: [[category:Florida current railroads]][[category:streetcars]]

General Motors streetcar conspiracy (8549 bytes)
1: ... (NCL) holding company, illegally acquired many [[streetcar]] systems in various cities around the [[United S...
20: ...nd auto sales and maximize profits by eliminating streetcars. In [[1922]], according to GM's own files, Sloan...
28: ...buses would likely have occurred anyway, and that streetcar ridership was steadily declining through this per...
30: ...echnology at the time and were more flexible than streetcars, as they could route around track blockages for ...
36: ...was to promote automobile purchases by destroying streetcar systems. The problem arises because:

Interurban (564 bytes)
1: An '''interurban''' is a [[streetcar]] line or system that runs long distances between...
5: ... collection of electric railroad, interurban, and streetcar photography from many eras

HARTline (457 bytes)
3: ... provides bus service and manages the [[TECO Line Streetcar System]].
6: *[http://www.tecolinestreetcar.org/ TECO Line Streetcar System]

Newark Public Service Terminal (1554 bytes)
2: ...vice Corporation]]. It served as the terminus for streetcar lines from as far as [[Trenton, New Jersey]] and ...
4: ...rom the west, the [[Cedar Street Subway]] carried streetcars from Washington Street to the lower level. From ...
8: The last streetcar line to use the terminal was the #1-Newark line (...
17: [[Category:New Jersey streetcar lines]]

United States v. National City Lines Inc. (702 bytes)
2: [[General Motors streetcar conspiracy]].
4: ...NCL) holding company illegally acquired many US [[streetcar]] systems and replaced them with [[bus]]es for th...

Public Service Railway (1339 bytes)
2: ...poration of New Jersey''', operated most of the [[streetcar]] lines in [[New Jersey]] by the early [[20th cen...
6: The only streetcar route still in operation is the #7 line, now the ...
10: [[Category:New Jersey streetcar lines]]

List of heritage railways (2739 bytes)
31: * [[River Rail Streetcar]][http://www.cat.org/rrail/index.html]
37: * [[Market Street Railway]][http://www.streetcar.org/]
44: ...[[TECO Line Streetcar System]][http://www.tecolinestreetcar.org/home.html]
51: * [[St. Charles Avenue Streetcar]]
52: * [[Riverfront Streetcar]]

Dundas Street (2369 bytes)
1: ...Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in background. This streetcar is destined for [[High Park]]. The tall building...
20: ==The Dundas Street streetcar==
22: ...he electrical power to the streetcars. The Dundas streetcar line ends at [[High Park]] in the west.

North Toronto (871 bytes)
1: ... line. North Toronto soon emerged as a popular [[streetcar suburb]], with the area becoming completely devel...

Bustitution (1584 bytes)
1: ...ether street railways ([[light rail]] or [[tram]]/streetcar systems) or full-size railway systems, with a [[b...
3: ...ble anyway. However, many cities that took apart streetcar lines have built new light rail lines in the succ...

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