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| Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) Vancouver still has electric buses too, though for how much longer, who knows. Some city streets still have the trolley lines embedded too (and they are a ^%#%$#^ to drive over!), although the trolleys have (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.trains, Kevin Wilson writes: snip (...) Tucson has a small but functional trolley line running around the University of Arizona area. It is complete with trolley tracks and overhead power lines. It's just a tourist type attraction since (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) (Schulyer Street). I don't believe they will ever be removed as they likely remain as historical and may be preserved as such. No street cars have run in Utica for many decades. When they did operate, the trolleys served many outlying towns (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) VERY common. Midsized cities such as Utica had "made it" if they had a trolley line, or an interurban if you prefer. Google for Interurban. For example, it was possible to ride across vast swaths of the US on streetcars/interurbans if you were (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Trolley car vs. Interurban
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| <snip> One thing I glossed over is the disctinction between a trolley car and an interurban. While there are always exceptions, check out this pic (URL) car on the left is more typical of a trolley car which tended not to venture out too far away (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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