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
Engineering student Mahmoud Bassam, 24, has visited Alexandria just to ride the streetcar "since our tram in Cairo was removed", he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
With the advent of the electric streetcar, many trolley companies built parks as destinations for their new modes of transport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
In Oklahoma City, the heart of a red state, a 5-mile streetcar line opened downtown in 2018.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
Uri swung out from the side of the streetcar like a gate.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
That happened in the 1914 storms, to the bridges criss-crossed by streetcars and railroads, and to the famous pigeon farm that stood at the Y where the Arroyo Seco joined the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 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
Now and then police officers cleared a path for one of the city’s bright yellow streetcars, called grip-cars for the way their operators attached them to an ever-running cable under the street.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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