streetcar
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Repetitive imagery of freeways, streetcar tracks, even horses seem to torture the main characters for feeling stuck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
As conspicuously ill as many horses were, streetcar companies and wagon drivers had financial incentives to keep them working.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
When the next streetcar rolls in, the upper deck fills with a gaggle of schoolgirls, squabbling over who gets the window seat closest to the sea breeze.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
King County Metro Transit said Thursday the South Lake Union streetcar won’t be in service from noon Friday to 3 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
But in Pittsburgh she felt terribly little and worried, especially after one day when she got off the streetcar in the wrong place.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
The area lost its last rail service in 1952 when the Pacific Electric streetcars stopped running.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Workers trudged miles to their jobs as horses were too weak to pull streetcars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Now, Egyptians young and old have flocked for farewell rides, before the streetcars come to a halt in April.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Scranton’s nickname, “Electric City,” stems from its being one of the first places in the U.S. to have electric streetcars.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
Forming a human barrier, they stopped the streetcars in their tracks.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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