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Streetcars or trolley(car)s (American English for the European word tram) were once the chief mode of public transit in hundreds of North American cities and towns. Most of the original urban streetcar systems were either dismantled in the mid-20th century or converted to other modes of operation, such as light rail .
Underglow lights on racing cars. Underglow lights on an F/A-18 airplane. Green underglow lights on a scooter moped. In the car industry, underglow or ground effects lighting refers to neon or LED aftermarket car customization in which lights are attached to the underside of the chassis so that they illuminate the ground underneath the car.
Contents. List of streetcar systems in the United States. This is an all-time list of streetcar (tram), interurban and light rail systems in the United States, by principal city (or cities) served, and separated by political division, with opening and closing dates. It includes all such systems, past and present; cities with currently operating ...
1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3⁄8 in) and other narrow gauges. The Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) is a tram design that was first built in the United States in the 1930s. The design proved successful domestically, and after World War II it was licensed for use elsewhere in the world where PCC based cars were made.
Streetcars in New Orleans have been an integral part of the city's public transportation network since the first half of the 19th century. The longest of New Orleans ' streetcar lines, the St. Charles Avenue line, is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world. [3]: 42 Today, the streetcars are operated by the New ...
Lindell also loaned cars for use on the Airline before its cars were ready. [39] Surveying was begun in 1892. [40] Lindell and Houseman ran an excursion train on the new line on February 2, 1896 from 3rd and Washington in downtown St. Louis to Kirkwood and then Meramec Highlands and back. August A. Busch was one of the guests. The trip included ...
Sideshow (automobile exhibition) A sideshow in San Jose, 2021. A sideshow (so-called in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a street takeover in the Los Angeles area [1][2]) is an informal and often illegal demonstration of automotive stunts now often held in vacant lots, and public intersections, originally seen in the East Bay region of the San ...
SRT (initials of Street and Racing Technology) is an American badge of high- performance vehicles manufactured by Stellantis, mainly ones of the Dodge brand. [1] Origins of the badge date back to 1989 when a team known as "Team Viper" was organized to develop the Dodge Viper. [2] It later merged with Team Prowler, the developers of the Plymouth ...