Streetcars or trolley (car)s (American English for the European word tram) were once the chief mode of public transit in hundreds of North American cities and towns. Most of the original urban streetcar systems were either dismantled in the mid-20th century or converted to other modes of operation, such as light rail.

2025年1月23日 · streetcar, vehicle that runs on track laid in the streets, operated usually in single units and usually driven by electric motor. Early streetcars were either horse-drawn or depended for power on storage batteries that were expensive and inefficient.

New York's mass transit systems—the elevated steam railway above and cable trolleys below in the 1890s. [1] The history of trams, streetcars, or trolleys began in the early nineteenth century. It can be divided up into several discrete periods defined by the principal means of …

Tram vehicles are usually lighter and shorter than main line and rapid transit trains. Most trams use electrical power, usually fed by a pantograph sliding on an overhead line; older systems may use a trolley pole or a bow collector. In some cases, a contact shoe on a third rail is used.

2019年1月30日 · Trolley Cars Frank Sprague installed a complete system of electric streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, in 1888. This was the first large-scale and successful use of electricity to run a city's entire system of streetcars.

Many white city dwellers moved to new trolley suburbs; streetcars made it easy to travel greater distances to work, shop, and socialize in town. City streets and the patterns of people’s daily lives changed. In Washington, streetcars turned outlying areas into new neighborhoods.

This site provides an overview of U.S. (and Canadian) streetcar operations; both Vintage Trolley (a.k.a. Heritage Trolley) and Modern Streetcar. Visit the impressive variety of systems now in operation and learn about proposals for new systems.

2024年9月6日 · Streetcars and trolleys have been an integral part of the urban environment since the 19th century. What began as horsepower operations transitioned into electrically operated networks. Learn more about their history here.

2024年5月23日 · A trolley car is a vehicle which is used primarily for passenger transport in an urban area. Trolleys run on rails which are inset into the street, connecting to overhead electric lines for a source of power.

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