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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

The commuters in “Le Métro” hark back to his early streetcar scenes but now there’s an air of mystery to the straphangers, with the central figure’s face obscured and bisected by a subway pole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

So is the streetcar, and many of the other vehicles, as well as most of the buildings, signs, facades, lights and pedestrians.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2024

As he slipped his hands beneath the big tin bun, he heard through the light mist the grinding of an approaching streetcar.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The fair featured electric lighting and electric streetcars powered by hydroelectricity generated by Niagara Falls, reflecting a moment when electricity was beginning to move from novelty toward widespread utility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 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

Both have done away with them, leaving Kolkata as the only Indian city to hold onto the trundling streetcars.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2024

They dodged streetcars and buses, swung wide around each corner, peered out from under the shell from time to time to get their bearings.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown