Trolley Tales
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Special work
Back in the day, streetcar lines often seemed to run everywhere in a city. Even if they didn’t go quite that far, the did go a lot of places. This meant that lines often crossed and/or joined one another. Track…
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Streetcars Sometimes were Different
The Maximum Traction Truck. As we have discussed, the special needs of streetcar systems sometimes led to equipment different from that found on steam railroads. One such piece of equipment was the so-called “maximum traction truck.” Because streetcars tended to…
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Dinner in the Diner
As I expect you’re aware, there are two quite different sorts of diners. First, there are the dining cars on intercity railroads that once served first-class meals and now struggle along on Amtrak. Then there are the very informal lunch-counter…
