trolley line

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Powered by the electricity from the city’s trolley line, engineer James Hodge’s invention featured two lights: red and green, the colors long used by railroads.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

"Patients lucky enough to have a bed or trolley line every corridor."

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2023

Esch opened a florist’s shop, and by 1904 an electric trolley line and a railroad track had converged mere feet from the property, to serve the outposts of Eckington and Bladensburg.

From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2017

Last week, funding for the trolley line passed a significant milestone when financing passed from the Federal Transit Administration to the Office of Management and Budget.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2016

Cresco, where the Curlytops lived, was a large town, and there was a trolley line running through it, but not near the home of Janet and Ted.

From The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds by Garis, Howard R.