#street cars

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The “Bica” Funicular - Lisbon, Portugal 

By bahutofotografia

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Philadelphia circa 1907. "Gimbel Brothers store, Market and Ninth streets."

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“Toronto Police Officer Killed In Smash,” Toronto Globe. March 25, 1932. Page 9. ---- P.C. Charles E. Brown, (134) attracted to No. 6 Division of the Toronto Police Force, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon about 2.30 o’clock when the motor car which he was driving west on the Lake Shore Road swerved, near Burlington Avenue, in Mimico, and crashed head-on into an eastbound T.T.C. street car. Illustrations above show, at the upper left, a side view of the car in which Brown was driving, alone, this picture showing how virtually all the body of the car was torn off by the force of the crush; the second view, at the lower left, taken from the rear of the vehicle, depicts another angle, with the rear section of the body, seen in the foreground, hanging almost ‘in tatters’ from the frame of the car. At the upper right is a photograph off the victim, P. C. Brown, who was married five months ago. He served overseas in the C.E.F., joining the police on his return in 1919, and was stationed during his period of service in the western portions of the city. The street car into which Brown’s vehicle crashed head-on was damaged about the front vestibule and operating platform, windows being broken, but no injuries to passengers of crew of he street car were reported.

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Fall 2022 (2) (3) (4) by mirrors are more fun

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US Post Office First Day Covers   1978 - 1984

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C7

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A Search for the Last (Pacific Electric) Red Car

This is the first episode of a series of short films I am making with my partner about the history of the Pacific Electric Railway. In particular the loved and fondly remembered red car! Way back in 2014 Jessica attended LACC and noticed remnants of train tracks that went right up to the school's entrance! Later she moved to the San Fernando Valley. Rich and Jessica began to see remnants around their neighborhood as well! "So we decided to keep exploring! One day our friend John Ulloth, who is a transit advocate, called us and let us know a red car had been returned to it's original right of way in San Pedro! Unfortunately we had little time to react to the news as it was about to be torn out all over again! So we went on the very last day and we rode the very last red car that existed on it's original tracks! Now I hear the old cars are in storage and termites are having at them as you read this. It was some sad news, but as you can see in the video, even on the last day John was not giving up! For the next episodes we plan to explore the Orange bus line, which now travels on paved streets were the train once ran. We also plan to visit the museum in Perris, CA where the very last trains in existence are carefully preserved. We had the best transit in the country and perhaps the world! We are slowly but surely returning the electric trains. But it isn't cheap and is taking a very long time. Still, we are overjoyed that the trains are coming back. Even if they are not cute and red and beautiful like they once were. Please subscribe! And please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChortkoffandR... #red car #pacific electric #electric #trains #jessicachortkoff #richriggio #street cars #lost angeles #california #history #transit #transitadvocate #JohnUlloth #railway #railfans

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Milan vs Rome: Which city is better for expats to live in?

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[retropopcult]

1906. "Park Square -- Pittsfield, Massachusetts." The bronze soldier was cast from Civil War cannon barrels.

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source: Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

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US Post Office First Day Covers   1978 - 1984