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	Museums In Motion - San Francisco's historic F-line streetcars
		San Francisco operates three basic types of streetcars: the vintage, often one-of-a-kind trolleys, the Peter Witt trams of Milan, and the art deco PCC streetcars, like No.
		The F-Market and Wharves line is both the world’s longest publicly-operated vintage streetcar line in daily service (six miles one-way), and—along with New Orleans’ famed St. Charles line—the most popular (over 20,000 daily riders).
		more than 30 authentic streetcars, trams, and trolleys from around the world are currently available for service.
	www.streetcar.org /mim/streetcars/index.html (248 words)

	streetcar
		1922, old Streetcars from Toronto were donated and brought up by train to be used as temporary housing for the people who had lost their homes in the devastating fire that had laid the town of Haileybury and surrounding area a burnt-out wasteland.
		The streetcar idea came about some five or six years ago, when the minister of Northern Development and Mines suggerstd that if a street car in the Tri-Town area could be obtained and restored, they would look into funding it.
		The streetcar was used as a chicken coop after the fire victims had rebuilt their house.
	www.angelfire.com /ar3/hhm/streetcar.html (1925 words)

	AllRefer.com - streetcar (Technology: Terms And Concepts) - Encyclopedia
		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.
		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 suburban or rural areas, where the distances to be covered make the cost of electrification prohibitive.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/streetca.html (289 words)

	Historical Essays - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission
		It was the last streetcar to operate on the streets of Charlotte and was the centerpiece at a "Goodbye To Trolleys"; Ceremony at the Square that same month.
		For more than five decades the streetcar system was an essential component of the local transportation infrastructure and, especially during its first 30 years, had a profound impact on the physical growth and expansion of the city.
		The ballyhoo surrounding the introduction of streetcars was symptomatic of the belief that these mule-drawn or horse-drawn conveyances were symbols of Charlotte's economic prowess and competitiveness.
	www.cmhpf.org /essays/streetcars.html (3150 words)

	Cities rediscover allure of streetcars - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Several cities have resurrected the streetcar tradition and about three dozen others plan to — from Tucson, and Birmingham, Ala., to Miami and Trenton, N.J. This return to the past is less about satisfying a sense of nostalgia than about enticing developers and people to old industrial areas and faded neighborhoods.
		Electric streetcars are light-rail, too, but they're less expensive because they use lighter cars, fewer cars and shorter tracks that share the road with cars and buses.
		Streetcar lines cost about $10 million to $15 million a mile compared with $50 million to $75 million a mile for light-rail lines.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2007-01-08-streetcars_x.htm (913 words)

	live\|work :: projects :: streetcar
		Streetcar's fleet of cars are located around London, bookable online or over the phone and accessed with a smartcard and PIN.
		Our role working with streetcar is to provide design input as the service grows - an ongoing practice of service innovation and design throughout the life of the service.
		And we are working to provide service side design requirements to the manufacturers of key technical infrastructure and touch-points of the service.
	www.livework.co.uk /home/projects/streetcar.html (230 words)

	Streetcars of the Monumental City - Baltimore Ghosts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Much dismissed as a slow moving nuissance to automobiles, the city's streetcar system, which began in 1859, was electrified beginning about 1890, and was abandoned by late 1963 moved large numbers of people about the bustling city with unparrallled efficiency.
		Streetcars called the "Car Barns" home in between jaunts along their lines.
		Among the three most picturesque streetcar lines in the area, along with the Ellicott City and Bay Shore routes, the Lorraine Line offered an unusual ride out to the middle of no-where, or so it seemed.
	www.monumentalcity.net /streetcars (514 words)

	Modern Streetcar - ABQ RIDE - City of Albuquerque
		Once the power reaches the streetcar through the trolley pole, it is fed to motors, which are called traction motors that are located on each wheelset.
		Streetcar track construction is relatively fast since most utilities generally do not need to be relocated.
		Construction of a streetcar line can be as basic as removing enough concrete in the road for the rails to seat, less disruption than repairing a simple underground water line.
	www.cabq.gov /transit/modernstreetcar.html (1640 words)

	Portland Streetcar
		Streetcar operations and construction are funded by fares, an annual contribution from TriMet, a special taxation zone along the route, car and station sponsorship, and parking meter revenues.
		Since the streetcars are lighter than light rail vehicles, fewer public utilities had to be moved in the excavation of tracks.
		The 11th Avenue crossing was the most difficult section of the Portland Streetcar system, as the tracks and overhead wires had to cross over switches, into and out of, the MAX 11th Avenue loop yards in addition to the eastbound and westbound MAX tracks.
	world.nycsubway.org /us/portland/streetcar.html (4220 words)

	Streetcar \| Cleveland Seniors \| Amy Kenneley (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although streetcar types changed both in style and technology through the years, the basic streetcar was made of metal and shaped like a long pill, rounded at each end.
		The familiar "cow-catcher" attached to the front of the streetcar below the headlight was meant to keep obstacles clear of the wheels and rail, and could be a variety of styles-with a pointed prow, a flat, slanted grating or vertical bars.
		If you had to transfer a second time you were given a "free" transfer on the next streetcar The conductor made change from a money-changer he had clipped to his belt, and pulled a flimsy strip of colored paper a little larger than Monopoly money out of his uniform pocket- the transfer.
	www.clevelandseniors.com /people/amykstreetcar.htm (2242 words)

	Streetcar
		Streetcar's new Volkswagen Golfs are available on demand 24/7 for rent by the hour, day, week or month.
		Book any car in the fleet online or by phone, and then use your Streetcar smartcard to pick up and return the car.
		Streetcar for Companies, HR managers, Public Sector, Transport Planners.
	www.streetcar.co.uk (72 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 TECO Line Streetcar System as well as stops and areas of interest.
		to to find out how the TECO Line Streetcar System is being recognized by the media.
	www.tecolinestreetcar.org (116 words)

	Green with Service Envy – The Live\|Work and Streetcar Partnership. (TreeHugger)
		Streetcar provides a fleet of cars around the Greater London area (and soon to spread further) and Brighton which can be accessed using a smartcard and pin.
		This is an ongoing partnership that will enable Streetcar to operate at their optimum level while continuously developing and improving their services to convince people that less cars on the road is better for everyone.
		Luckily Streetcar isn’t the only existing car-sharing service for there are many others operating around the world, for example Zipcar as previously posted on Treehugger.
	www.treehugger.com /files/2005/09/green_with_se.php (2585 words)

	Linie 1
		Streetcars are allowed to stop in the same space and they may pass each other.
		Streetcars may also move through the terminals of other players--this counts as a space.
		If an H is rolled, then the streetcar would leave terminal 1 and travel all the way to the stop sign next to building "I".
	www.gamecabinet.com /rules/Linie1.html (1693 words)

	Online NewsHour: Streetcar Named Desire -- November 11, 1997
		The play is "A Streetcar Named Desire", Tennessee Williams' acclaimed melodrama that is 50 years old this fall, a play of passion and tension that builds from the first act, when Stanley Kowalski first meets Blanche DuBois.
		The actual streetcar line of the play's title--which ran through the streets of New Orleans for years--was discontinued shortly after the play opened.
		Streetcar and its stars were so renowned that some theater companies wouldn't mount it fearing unflattering comparisons.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec97/streetcar_11-11a.html (740 words)

	Atlanta Streetcar, Inc.
		Mason was particularly impressed with the streetcar — a mode of transportation that's become the signature for Portland.
		Because the streetcar was mostly privately and locally financed without federal funds, construction could be accelerated and the project did not have to conform to federal regulations and approvals for new transit projects.
		Portland's streetcar also has been a catalyst for $1.5 billion in new development, including 3.6 million square feet of commercial space and 5,300 residential units.
	www.atlantastreetcar.com /index.cfm?FuseAction=pressroom.More&OID=81 (1154 words)

	Streetcar - Pricing
		Streetcar bookings are charged in 30 minute units.
		Streetcar's additional charge of 19p per mile includes the cost of wear and tear, deprection and tyres that result from longer trips, as well as the cost of the petrol.
		Streetcar doesn't charge fixed monthly or annual fees.
	www.streetcar.co.uk /pricing.aspx (517 words)

	PCC streetcar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcar is a streetcar (tram) design that was first built in the 1930s.
		In all, 4978 streetcars were produced, with the last PCC cars built in the early 1950s.
		One of the particularities of the Brussels PCC vehicles is that some of them have been equipped with bogies and electric motors acquired second-hand in the United States from decommissioned streetcars from Kansas City, Missouri and Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/PCC_streetcar (675 words)

	Mayor Nickels: South Lake Union Plan
		A new streetcar line opened in Tacoma August, 2003 and is already providing significant benefits to the city.
		Streetcars can be built quickly, operate in mixed traffic, and are clean and quiet.
		Streetcars helped Seattle become the thriving city that it is today.
	www.cityofseattle.net /mayor/issues/lakeunion/streetcar.htm (263 words)

	Previn - A Streetcar Named Desire (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In its remarkable faithfulness to the emotional tensions of the original, its richly textured, all-American score and its dedication to singable, intelligible vocal lines that are at once contemporary, pleasing to the ear and keenly in character, it marks a uniquely successful venture in the broad field of popular American music drama.
		The Previn Streetcar deserves to be staged and heard often.
		Both sensational and mature, Previn's "Streetcar" is a rare hit among contemporary operas.
	www.schirmer.com /composers/previn/streetcar.html (1489 words)

	Tennessee Williams - A Streetcar Named Desire - Play In Comparison With Movie
		Breen had two major demands on Streetcar: The reference to the homosexuality of Blanche’s husband had to be revised and her rape was to be eliminated completely.
		Streetcar is an extremely and peculiarly moral play, in the deepest and truest sense of the term.
		This reference to the ambiguous meaning of the word straight, in sense of straight as a line (just as Blanches uses the expression) and on the other hand straight referring to the colloquial term as a substitute for being heterosexual, of course points again to her husband’s (in the movie denied) sexuality.
	stud-www.uni-marburg.de /~Blaschke/williams/asnd.htm (4046 words)

	WebCastro: The F Line (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The historic streetcar route was first proposed in 1974 at and estimated cost of $11 million dollars and was largely raised from bonds measures and sales tax.
		PCC stands for President's Conference Committee, these cars were designed in the thirties by leaders of the electric railways to bring modern design and technology to public transportation systems in cities around the county.
		One has to ride one of these streetcars to appreciate the craftsmanship and dedication that went into their restoration.
	www.webcastro.com /fline.htm (353 words)

	Streetcar ride (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The streetcar runs continously 24 hours a day, roughly every quarter of an hour between 7am and 8pm.
		After 8 pm it runs every half hour until midnight, then every hour until 7am (it is a good idea to know the nearest bus line or have cab fare as there is occasionally trouble on the line).
		The St. Charles Avenue streetcar line is the oldest operating street railway system in the country, dating back to 1835 when the New Orleans and Carrollton railroad connected the city of Carrollton to New Orleans.
	www.deelight.com /streetcar.html (248 words)

	FrenchQuarter.com: Streetcar Sense: St. Charles Avenue Line, Riverfront Line,"New"Canal St. Line
		Where 235 miles of streetcar tracks once formed a lace across the city’s streets most of the tracks were ultimately paved over, as noxious buses became the standard.
		However, the 46 streetcars’ double-hung windows can easily be opened to emit the cooling breezes generated by the moving cars so it’s always a comfortable ride.
		The new Canal Streetcar Line tied into the existing Riverfront Streetcar Line from Esplanade Avenue to Canal Street and along Canal Street from the Mississippi River to a streetcar terminal at City Park Avenue and the Cemeteries.
	www.frenchquarter.com /sightseeing/StreetcarSense.php (980 words)

	What Does It Cost?
		In fact, it can be difficult to obtain the construction cost of a streetcar line, because building the line is often part of a larger project that includes other elements.
		This is a double-track streetcar line, built to Light Rail standards, which now carries almost 20,000 people per day (all in Vintage cars, we would note).
		One of the best sources of Vintage streetcars is Milan, Italy, which is gradually selling off its vast fleet of 1920s-built Peter Witt cars, a type that was widely used in the U.S. These cars go for $25,000–$35,000 each, and have been maintained so faithfully that they can go into service the day they arrive.
	www.heritagetrolley.org /artcileBringBackStreetcars7.htm (1052 words)

	First Night at the Theatre
		"A Streetcar Named Desire" is history of a gently reared Mississippi young woman who invents an artificial world to mask the hideousness of the world she has to inhabit.
		She comes to live with her sister, who is married to a rough-and-ready mechanic and inhabits two dreary rooms in a squalid neighborhood.
		Williams's eyes she is one of the dispossessed whose experience has unfitted her for reality; and although his attitude toward her is merciful, he does not spare her or the playgoer.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/00/12/31/specials/williams-streetcar.html (529 words)

	ATV News: New Orleans' Historic Perley Thomas Cars (Site not responding. Last check: )
		New Orleans electric streetcars were made famous by the Tennessee Williams play, “A Streetcar Named Desire.” By 1951, the New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI), eliminated several streetcar routes including the famous “Desire Line.” Despite some public opposition, all streetcar lines in New Orleans were abandoned except for one.
		Streetcar service reached its peak in 1926 when 148 million people were riding the transit company’s 26 streetcar lines.
		Streetcar lines throughout the city were gradually being replaced with buses.
	actiontrainvideos.home.att.net /perleyt.htm (1029 words)

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