Streetcar

History Through the Cracks

author: CE : Montreal, QC
Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Brooklyn Bridge and World Trade Center

author: WallyG : Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Goodbye, Streetcar Rails

author: EvilGentleman : Montreal, QC
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Queen Streetcar & Sudden Exercise

author: Michael : Toronto, ON
Tuesday, June 21st, 2005

Queen Streetcar & Sudden Exercise

author: Michael : Toronto, ON
Tuesday, June 21st, 2005

A Streetcar (-filled City) Named Lisboa

author: colavitos ghost : Lisbon, Portugal

One of Lisbon's most enchanting aspects (and it has many!) are its lovely streetcars, which have been rattling through it's windy hills since the 19th century. The originals--imported from the US, and called, appropriately, "americanos"--are now protected in Lisbon's Public Transport Museum; however, those still in use retain a very distinctive old-world charm. Here are a few pictures of these wonderful machines: One of the "elevators" at rest. These types of trams (there are 2 or 3, I think) spend the whole day moving in a straight line: Up. Down. Repeat. Another "elevator", at the height of it's...

History Through the Cracks

author: CE : Montreal, QC

Old streetcar tracks poking through the pavement on rue Ste-Catherine, Downtown. A hole in the pavement on rue Gaspé in the northern part of the Plateau gives us a glimpse of the old cobblestones still beneath many Montreal streets.

External Links

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