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With over 14,000 units, Tatra T3 is the most widely produced type in history. A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.
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 ...
In many U.S. cities, the streetcar system was operated by a succession of different private companies during the years in which the system existed. [1] The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent streetcar (or light rail) systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area.
Vehicles in the Urbos AXL series have longer car-body sections and pivoting bogies. With a maximum speed of 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph), it is designed for high-capacity, mass rapid transit systems. [7] This type of tram is currently in use only in two Northern European countries: Tallinn, Estonia, (20 trams) [62] Stockholm, Sweden (22) [15 ...
closed car having two or (usu.) four doors, a front and rear seat and a separate boot/trunk (US: sedan) (saloon bar) posh bar within a pub or hotel passengers' lounge on a liner or luxury train (US approx.: parlor car) officers' dining room on a merchant ship bar, especially in the American Old West. bar that serves only spirits and no food
Synonym for the verb "couple" used by brakemen when flat switching a yard. Talking on the radio, they will tell the engineer how many car lengths to back up in order to couple to another car (i.e. "five cars to a joint") [160] Joint bar (US) A metal plate that joins the ends of rails in jointed track Juice Train
Opened in 2001, the Portland Streetcar was the first streetcar system using modern vehicles to be established in the United States in over 50 years. In 2001, Portland, Oregon, which already had a successful light rail system ( MAX ), became the first city in the North America in more than 50 years to open a new streetcar system served by modern ...
As of 2015, more than 3,500 Flexity vehicles are in operation around the world in Europe, Asia, Oceania, and North America in 100 cities among 20 countries internationally. [1] Production of the vehicles is done at Bombardier's global production plants [ 2 ] and by local manufacturers worldwide through technology transfer agreements.