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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
streetcar small, self-propelled railroad car, similar to the type used in rapid-transit systems, that operates on tracks running through city streets and is used to carry passengers. Most often cars of this type are powered by electricity supplied through an underground third rail or an overhead wire. A device called a trolley that is connected to the streetcar's electrical system makes rolling or sliding contact with the rail or wire; hence the name trolley car often is applied to such vehicles. Streetcars are sometimes powered by diesel or other internal-combustion engines, generally in... Read more
A Streetcar Named Desire
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE USA, 1951 Director: Elia...Publications Script: Williams, Tennessee, A Streetcar Named Desire , in Film Scripts One...Medienvergleich: Film- und Fernsehversion von A Streetcar Named Desire , Frankfurt, 1990. Grobel... Read more
streetcar
Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes streetcar • Dakar , fracas •tramcar • Shankar • Farquhar , kaka, markka, taka •railcar • cablecar • streetcar • Indycar •Hamilcar • tricar • sidecar • stockcar •boxcar • chukar... Read more

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Back on track Railway museum leads worldwide effort to restore old-time Chicago streetcars.(Neighbor)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 7/8/2001; ; 527 words ; ...Garmoe Daily Herald Staff Writer When streetcar No. 3142 broke the ribbon recently at...manager, because he still can remember when streetcars were a typical site throughout Chicago...go around the city. Often there was a streetcar stop within a block or two of every home... Read more
DON'T FALL FOR THE STREETCAR HOAX.(OPINION)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 12/19/2006; 473 words ; ...RANDAL O'TOOLE The so-called modern streetcar is the latest urban planning fad, with...Albuquerque to Madison considering new streetcar construction. Leaders from these areas...which opened the nation's first modern streetcar line in 2001. There they are told that... Read more
PORTLAND'S STREETCAR SUCCESS JUST A HOAX.(EDITORIAL)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 1/8/2007; 485 words ; ...RANDAL O'TOOLE The so-called modern streetcar has become the latest urban planning...Albuquerque to Madison considering new streetcar construction. Leaders from these cities...which opened the nation's first modern streetcar line in 2001. There they learn that the... Read more
STREETCAR FILLED WITH A WEALTH OF MEMORIES FROM YEARS PAST
Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL); 5/18/1999; 700+ words ; ...Faith Klein Bekker looks at that old streetcar, she is filled with memories. Memories...of good times in the summer. The old streetcar is now permanently parked behind The...But when Bekker, 66, looks at the old streetcar she wishes its walls could talk. They... Read more
City money could fuel Seattle neighborhood's streetcar proposal.
Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 8/11/2004; 700+ words ; Byline: Bob Young Aug. 11--South Lake Union streetcar supporters won a potentially significant victory...for banning city spending on the $45 million streetcar. But after lobbying by streetcar advocates, including Mayor Greg Nickels, the... Read more
More cities desire streetcar routes
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/15/2004; ; 537 words ; More cities desire streetcar routes New Orleans among those adding lines By MARY...almost a half-century, the city that inspired "A Streetcar Named Desire" once again desires streetcars. New Orleans, home of the oldest continuously operating... Read more
Some city authorities still desire streetcars
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 10/18/2008; ; 528 words ; The last electric streetcar clacked and clanged its way down a...the feasibility of constructing a streetcar line. The study -- to be funded by...possible funding sources for an electric streetcar line running from the Park-n-Ride... Read more
City quietly keeps notion of streetcars on track.
Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE); 8/31/2006; 700+ words ; ...Kotok Aug. 31--Clang, clang clang, Omaha. Streetcar mania is back. This is more than just...said Gerald Kopiasz, president of Omaha Streetcar, the advocacy group that sponsored a...Nebraska Medical Center. More than 75 streetcar fans showed up. Many in the crowd were... Read more
1St Streetcar For City Line Arriving Here ; Vehicle From Baltimore Museum Could Be Running On 2.6-Mile Loop In 3 Years.
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 7/16/2008; ; 550 words ; What could be the first car of a future Lancaster streetcar line was coming to the county today. A former Philadelphia streetcar was loaded onto a flatbed trailer to be trucked here. The streetcar is one of three purchased from the Baltimore Streetcar... Read more
Possible streetcar line between Portland and Lake Oswego is on fast track to approval
Newspaper article from: Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR); 7/5/2007; ; 680 words ; A possible streetcar line between Portland and Lake Oswego...and would like to slow it down. The streetcar is one of three alternatives Metro and...trail along the same route. But the streetcar option presents the best value in terms... Read more

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