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The cars are painted in color schemes used by the previous El Paso streetcar system from the 1950s until its closure in the 1970s, with three different versions – representing the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, [5] [29] – used on two cars each.
Fort Madison Street Railway [63]: 169–170 Fort Madison: Horse July 1888 1895 Electric 1895 1929 Independence & Rush Park Street Railway [63]: 183 Independence: Electric August 22, 1892 August 14, 1907 Iowa City Electric Railway [63]: 170 ♦ Iowa City Electric November 1, 1910 August 16, 1930 Keokuk Electric Car & Power Co. [63]: 173
Toronto's horse-drawn streetcar operations ended in 1891. New York City saw regular horsecar service last until 1917. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Sarah Street line lasted until 1923. The last regular mule-drawn cars in the United States ran in Sulphur Rock, Arkansas, until 1926 and were commemorated by a U.S. Postage Stamp issued in 1983. [5]
140 cars purchased from Toronto in 1968, but 13 never entered service. Of the 127 cars in service, 85 were converted between 1972 and 1978 into two-car trains or double-ended three-car trains. The entire fleet was withdrawn by 1984 in favor of modern rolling stock. [53] San Francisco Municipal Railway: United States: 40: 80: 120
Single truck, open air cars traversed unpaved streets. [1] Numerous companies built tracks, with some merging to form larger networks. More railroads of the era included the Main Street and Agricultural Park Railway, the Depot Railway, the City Railroad, and the Central Railroad. [1] The last horsecars were converted to electric in 1897. [2] [3]
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Among its customers was the city of San Francisco, California, which purchased several street cars from Jewett. The company produced more than 2,000 wood-and-steel street cars, shipping them to 26 states and Canada. The Jewett Car Company went out of business in 1919 when the automobile began replacing mass transit. [1]
Electrified streetcars posed an attractive target for striking unions like the Amalgamated Street Railway Employees of America. Unlike factory buildings, streetcar routes and cars were spread out and difficult to protect. The routes went through the working class neighborhoods of cities; riders tended to be sympathetic to union causes.