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  2. Passenger rail terminology - Wikipedia

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    Heritage streetcar (also known as heritage trolley or vintage trolley) is an American term for streetcar systems that use vehicles that were built before 1960, or modern replicas of such vehicles. Cable car is an American word for a passenger rail vehicle attached to a moving cable located below the street surface and powered by engines or ...

  3. Streetcar (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A Streetcar Named Desire (disambiguation), a play by Tennessee Williams and several adaptations Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Streetcar .

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    Word British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings daddy longlegs, daddy-long-legs crane fly: daddy long-legs spider: Opiliones: dead (of a cup, glass, bottle or cigarette) empty, finished with very, extremely ("dead good", "dead heavy", "dead rich") deceased

  5. Trolley - Wikipedia

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    Tram, or trolley or streetcar, a rail vehicle that runs on tramway tracks; Trolleybus, or trolley, an electric bus drawing power from overhead wires using trolley poles Trolleytruck, a trolleybus-like vehicle used for carrying cargo; Tourist trolley, a rubber-tired bus designed to resemble an old-style streetcar or tram

  6. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    Word British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings oblique (n.) slash symbol a muscle neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb onesie (n.) Onesie (jumpsuit): One-piece garment worn by older children and adults as loungewear.

  7. List of tram and light rail transit systems - Wikipedia

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    The New Orleans streetcar system was one of the first in the world and it is the oldest system still in operation. The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars ), or light rail systems as part of their regular public transit systems. [ 1 ]

  8. Minecart - Wikipedia

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    Cart from 16th century, found in Transylvania A dumper minecart used in the Basque Country, currently at the Minery Museum.. A minecart, mine cart, or mine car (or more rarely mine trolley or mine hutch) is a type of rolling stock found on a mine railway, used for transporting ore and materials procured in the process of traditional mining.

  9. Urban rail transit - Wikipedia

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    The Toronto streetcar system is an extensive tram network.. A tram, streetcar, or trolley system is a rail-based transit system that runs mainly or completely along streets (with street running), with a relatively-low capacity and frequent stops; however, modern trams have a greater passenger capacity than traditional trams.