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  2. Cable car (railway) - Wikipedia

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    A San Francisco cable car on the Powell & Hyde line. A cable car (usually known as a cable tram outside North America) is a type of cable railway used for mass transit in which rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required.

  3. List of streetcar systems in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cable April 10, 1878: July 31, 1951: Purchased by the city of San Francisco in 1952, with one line of the system reopened, and still in service. Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railway: Cable February 16, 1880: May 6, 1912 San Francisco cable car system [32] San Francisco: Cable 1878 Muni Metro: Electric Light rail (after 1980s upgrades) c. July ...

  4. Urban rail transit - Wikipedia

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    The CTrain is a light rail system operated by Calgary Transit.. A light rail system is a rail-based transit system that has higher capacity and speed than a tram, usually by operating in an exclusive right-of-way separated from automobile traffic, but it is not, unlike rapid transit, fully grade-separated from other traffic.

  5. List of gondola lifts - Wikipedia

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    Kanin Cable Car in Bovec is the longest gondola lift in Slovenia. It takes skiers from the Bovec valley (436 m) to the central part of the ski slopes (2,200 m). Vogel Cable Car in Bohinj; Velika Planina Cable Car in Kamniška Bistrica valley (supposedly longest unsupported cable car in Europe)

  6. Cable cars in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Cable Cars. The History Press. ISBN 978-1-60949-327-1. Hilton, George W. (1982). The Cable Car in America. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3051-2. Lind, Alan R. (1979). Chicago Surface Lines, An Illustrated History. Transport History Press. ISBN 0-934732-00-0. Mayer, Harold M.; Wade, Richard C. (1969). Chicago: Growth of a ...

  7. Chicago City Railway - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Cable Cars. The History Press. ISBN 978-1-60949-327-1. Lind, Alan R. (1979). Chicago Surface Lines: An Illustrated History. Transport History Press. ISBN 0-934732-00-0. Hilton, George W. (1982). the Cable Car in America. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3051-2. Young, David M. (1998). Chicago Transit An Illustrated History ...

  8. Chicago Surface Lines - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Surface Lines was primarily a trolley operation, with approximately 3100 streetcars on the roster at the time of the CTA takeover. [16] It purchased small lots of motor buses, [17] totaling 693 at the time of the CTA takeover, mostly consisting of smaller buses used on extension routes or to replace two-man streetcars on routes such as Hegewisch and 111th Street, because conductors ...

  9. Hiawatha (Amtrak train) - Wikipedia

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    The Hiawatha (also called the Hiawatha Service), is an 86-mile (138 km) train route operated by Amtrak between Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Twelve to fourteen trains (six round-trips, five on Sunday) run daily between Chicago and Milwaukee, [2] making intermediate stops in Glenview, Illinois; Sturtevant, Wisconsin; and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport.

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