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		In Canada, most cities once had a streetcar system, but today Toronto's TTC is the only traditional operator of streetcars, and maintains the most extensive system in The Americas (in terms of total track length, number of cars, and ridership).
		Heritage streetcar systems are used in public transit service, combining light rail efficiency with America's nostalgia interests.
		Heritage systems currently operate in Little Rock, Arkansas, Memphis, Tennessee, Dallas, Texas, Tampa, Florida, Kenosha, Wisconsin, and New Orleans are among the larger.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Tram (7395 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Tram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Other streetcars are sometimes called trolleys, even though this may be technically incorrect, as for a cable car or a conduit car that drew power from an underground power supply.
		The first trams, known as streetcars or horsecars in North America, were built in the United States and developed from city stagecoach lines and omnibus lines that picked up and dropped off passengers on a regular route and without the need to be pre-hired.
		In 1994 Strasbourg opened a system with novel British-built trams, specified by the city, with the goal of breaking with the archaic conceptual image that was held by the public.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Tram (6010 words)

	Richmond - April, 2002
		Last January, GRTC issued a request for proposals for a study of the initial system, which is seen as the core of a future regional light rail network.
		The trolleys are also seen as a potential tourist attraction in addition to a transportation system for local residents.
		Civic leaders have visited Memphis and were impressed with both the heritage streetcar system and the economic development they have helped stimulate.
	www.heritagetrolley.org /planRichmondRTOL1.htm (225 words)

	Heritage railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A heritage railway or a preserved railway is a term used, especially in Great Britain, for a railway which is run as a tourist attraction, is usually but not always run by volunteers, and seeks to re-create railway scenes of the past.
		Heritage railways are usually railway lines which were once run as commercial railways, but were later no longer needed or were closed down, and were taken over or re-opened by volunteers or for-profit organizations.
		Heritage streetcar systems operating in Little Rock, Arkansas, Memphis, Tennessee, Dallas, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, Philadelphia, PA and Tampa, Florida are among the larger; a heritage line operates in Charlotte, North Carolina and will become a part of the city's new transit system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heritage_streetcar_system (1158 words)

	The Creightonian Online
		Heritage Services, a group that helped raise funds for the Holland Performing Arts Center, held a study to determine the possible costs of a streetcar system.
		Although the streetcars would be a new way of transportation for the current Creighton community, it would not be the first time in the school’s history that streetcars have been used.
		Omaha’s streetcar plans are based on a streetcar system in Portland, Ore. The streetcars had a significant economic impact on the Portland district.
	press.creighton.edu /012006/news.html (587 words)

	T2000BC ideas page: heritage streetcar lines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As a result of this economy, heritage streetcars are being considered for use on feeder lines to major transit corridors and as a prelude to full-fledged light rail transit.
		In British Columbia, one heritage streetcar is already in operation in the Kootenay city of Nelson.
		Thus a streetcar can link not only destinations, but also hark back to a different era when it was the dominant mode of urban transportation.
	www.vcn.bc.ca /t2000bc/debate/ideas/heritage_streetcar.html (351 words)

	Streetcar Transportation in Lakewood (Ohio)
		The appearance of Lakewood was also influenced by the streetcars and has changed little since their introduction a century ago.
		This turnaround for the Madison Avenue streetcars at the northwest corner of Spring Garden Avenue was built in 1920.
		The Lakewood Heritage Advisory Board was established to serve in an advisory capacity for the purpose of educating, informing and making recommendations to City officials, departments, boards and commissions, and the community on matters relating to historic preservation
	www.lkwdpl.org /homepres/narratives/streetcars.htm (870 words)

	Kenosha Streetcar
		The streetcars are a symbol of the brave new Kenosha, and long overdue.
		Lastly, extending the Streetcar would be a most fitting tribute to the memory and vision of Joseph McCarthy, and could well set a positive example for the rest of the country.
		The streetcars blend in beautiful with all the surroundings in the area, with the train station, courthouse, townhouses, excellent view of the lake.
	www.kenoshawis.com /streetcar.htm (4646 words)

	Historic Streetcars May Return to North Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		An example of streetcar systems that function well as transportation enhancements are New Orleans and San Francisco, both attracting approximately 20,000 riders per day on their historic streetcar lines.
		Among cities with historic streetcars in operation are Tucson, AZ; San Jose, San Francisco, and San Pedro, CA; Denver, and Fort Collins, CO; Tampa, FL; New Orleans, LA; Lowell, MA; Charlotte, NC; El Reno, OK; Astoria, Lake Oswego, and Portland, OR; Memphis, TN; Dallas and Galveston, TX; Issaquah, Seattle, and Yakima, WA; and Kenosha, WI.
		RBF determined that, “in general, it is possible to physically implement and operate a historic streetcar system within University Avenue corridor.” To review their analysis, please read the chapter on Feasibility of the Historic Streetcar.
	www.northparkmainstreet.com /streetcar/streetcar.htm (1395 words)

	Streetcar Success = Expansion of River Rail - Light Rail Now!
		The widely acclaimed success of Little Rock's new River Rail heritage streetcar system – basically, a type of light rail transit – has led to expansion of the service, expansion of the fleet, and a project to extend the system's track by approximately half a mile.
		The streetcar line, in the words of a downtown developer, would "animate" the streets and bring new life to the urban core.
		Rail services such as streetcars have both a unique appeal to the public, and a unique attraction to developers and others involved with commercial activity, in part because of the permanence and civic investment represented by their fixed facilities.
	www.lightrailnow.org /news/n_lr_2006-02a.htm (1355 words)

	LRTA Links: System Sites - United States
		The range of systems covered in the same as that in the SystemsNews section of Tramways and Urban Transport and thus includes existing, under-development, and proposed systems as well as heritage operations which operate on public highways (rather than as part of a museum).
		There's a brief overview of the new system along with a photo gallery and time-lapse construction sequence for one of the system's stations (during 2002/2003).
		There's also the history (from Tampa's system of 1892 to 1946, through today's "Phase I" heritage system, to the next phase which reaches the Fort Brooke parking garage) of the project (including cost data) plus extensive information on tram and station sponsorship opportunities, their Benchmarkers' Club, as well as public/private development opportunities.
	www.lrta.org /links-systems-us.html (7806 words)

	From Mutual Aid to Welfare State: How Fraternal Societies Fought Poverty and Taught Character
		The record of five societies that thrived at or near the turn of the century illustrates the many variants of this system.
		The heyday of all five societies was during an era when millions of Americans lived on a scale of poverty which would be considered intolerable by today's underclass.
		It has also created a perverse system where workers lose all their benefits when they change jobs or become unemployed.
	www.heritage.org /Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl677.cfm (2881 words)

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		In 1980 Heritage Winnipeg acquired Winnipeg Street Car #356 and accepted both ownership and responsibility for its continuing preservation.
		Following negotiations, an agreement was drawn up between Midwestern Rail Association and Heritage Winnipeg, for the street car to be moved into the Winnipeg Railway Museum, within the train shed of the Via Rail Canada Union Station, Main Street at Broadway Avenue for restoration.
		As the primary function of Heritage Winnipeg is the protection of the built heritage it would appear that the preservation and restoration of streetcar 356 is outside the scope of Heritage Winnipeg's mandate.
	www.heritagewinnipeg.com /historic_356.htm (196 words)

	US Southern States Transit
		Washington DC has the largest system, followed by Atlanta and Miami.
		This is a new Heritage Streetcar system that opened in 2004
		This monorail system serves as a downtown circulator.
	ktransit.com /transit/ussouth.htm (261 words)

	TECO Line Steetcar System
		If so, you could be eligible to save 50% off the regular streetcar fare.
		to find out more information on guided group tours that are available on the TECOLine Streetcar System as well as stops and areas of interest.
		to to get past and present news releases, streetcar system images and streetcar featured publications.
	www.tecolinestreetcar.org (114 words)

	The Buildings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was the height of the Industrial Revolution and in 1875 the Los Angeles railroad system was connected to the transcontinental railroad from the North.
		The country was quickly transforming into a modern nation equipped with efficient transportation, communications and distribution of mass produced goods.
		In 1969, nearly a hundred years later, when many of these historic buildings were facing demolition, prominent citizens, working with the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board, established Heritage Square Museum as a sanctuary to preserve, restore and interpret the following buildings and Southern California's rich history.
	www.heritagesquare.org /buildings_intro.htm (183 words)

	A brief history of the F-line
		With 20,000+ riders per day, it is on a par with the National Historic Landmark St. Charles streetcar line in New Orleans, which has been in service continuously as a rail line since 1835, and as an electric streetcar line since the 1890s.
		Most US cities abandoned their streetcar systems altogether in this time period, but Muni kept the tunnel lines (K, L, M, N) and the J-Church.
		Part of the attractiveness of the Festival service is that you never knew what might come along next: a bouncy single-truck streetcar from Portugal; a smooth-riding tram from Australia; a Muni original from the 1910s; even an open-topped Boat Tram from Blackpool, England, complete with a skull and crossbones flag on the trolley rope.
	www.streetcar.org /mim/streetcars/history/index.html (1836 words)

	Wichita County Heritage Society
		Frank Kell, considered to be one of the founding fathers of Wichita Falls, built his home on a bluff at the then-edge of town in 1909.
		Kell was involved with the grain industry, the development of Lake Wichita, the utility companies, the newspaper, the streetcar system, the railroad, the local college, and much more.
		Kell died in 1941, and his wife followed him in 1957, the home was occupied by their daughter, Willie May, until her death in 1980.
	www.wichitaheritage.org /kellhouse.html (320 words)

	Tampa TECO Line Streetcar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tampa's TECO Line Streetcar is a heritage streetcar operation that uses modern replica streetcars built by Gomaco Trolley Company of Ida Grove, Iowa.
		Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HARTline) operates the streetcar system as part of a partnership with the city of Tampa and local businesses.
		The crossing is protected by signals and a guard in an adjacent shack; approaching streetcars must come to a full stop and the motorman must get clearance by radio in order to cross.
	web.presby.edu /~jtbell/transit/Tampa (855 words)

	Marie Sklodowska Curie
		Just before World War I, radium institutes were established for her in France and in Poland to pursue the scientific and medical uses of radioactivity.
		During the war Marie organized a field system of portable X-ray machines to help in treating wounded French soldiers.
		In the midst of her busy scientific career Marie raised two daughters—in part, with the help of her father-in-law.
	www.chemheritage.org /classroom/chemach/atomic/curie.html (313 words)

	Summer Walking Tours
		The tours will explore areas that range from quaint Victorian neighborhoods and handsome mansion districts, to the bustling commercial and industrial districts of the city, to the remnants of the city’s once extensive streetcar system.
		All tours are free, except for the Como-Harriet Streetcar Line Tour which has a fee of $2.00 payable to the Minnesota Streetcar Museum for a ride on its historic streetcar.
		century houses on the upriver half of the island, with their varied architectural styles, and explore the industrial heritage of the lower end of the island.
	www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us /hpc/walking-tours.asp (1155 words)

	Destination : Freedom Newsletter - January 13, 2003
		The national transportation system is under enough stress as it is without disabling the passenger rail network, including the Northeast Corridor, which such an action would do.
		The airline and highway systems have always required a far greater subsidy, yet no one threatens to cut the funding for those modes by 50 per cent, or anything approaching that ludicrous amount.
		Pullman became a big manufacturer of streetcars, which were operated in the early days by private companies.
	www.nationalcorridors.org /df/df01132003.shtml (8644 words)

	Tampa Rail Website
		As an overview, let me explain that there are only really three major urban rail systems currently operating in the state.
		These are the Miami Metrorail, the Tri-Rail intercity system, and Jackonsville's woefully underplayed but wonderful Skyway system (all links appear below).
		You can officially add Tampa and its new heritage streetcar system to the list if you hope as I do that it's a precursor to a more expansive light rail system.
	www.davidpinero.com /rail/links.cfm (329 words)

	Optima Bus > Home
		Optima Bus, LLC (Optima Bus) provides worldwide sales and service to our entire line of quality transportation products, including the Opus Low-Floor Bus and the American Heritage Streetcar.
		Used in more cities than any other streetcar available.
		Optima Bus is dedicated to the support of our customers.
	www.optimabus.com (90 words)

	Baton Rouge, LA
		Baton Rouge, LA APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site
		After hosting a large number of evacuees from New Orleans, the Louisiana capital city is considering borrowing a page from its neighbor to the south by planning a heritage streetcar system.
		The following news notes from Rail Transit Online describes status of the planning:
	www.heritagetrolley.org /planBatonRouge.htm (53 words)

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