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

Needleman is also the chairman of Los Angeles Streetcar Inc., the nonprofit that plans to build a trolley line between the Civic Center and the Staples Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2020

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

At last Mrs. Stratford sent a note to the headquarters of the trolley line addressed to Balfour and inviting him to tea.

From Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' by Reed, Helen Leah