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A yellow and green double-truck streetcar numbered 1390 on double street track under tall trees, with parked late-1940s cars in the background.

Streetcar 1390 on a tree-lined street, showing a [...] PARK destination sign; the note places it at the north end of line 9 in Los Angeles. October 1954 · North end of line 9, Los Angeles, CA

A yellow streetcar numbered 1399 runs toward the camera on double track in a dirt median, with tall utility poles, palm trees and trimmed hedges along a wide boulevard.

Los Angeles Transit Lines car 1399 on route 5 runs along a median right-of-way, likely near Inglewood Cemetery. January 1955 · Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA

A yellow streetcar with the number 1399 and route 5 sign travels on embedded tracks beside a road with utility poles and palm trees.

A Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 1399, operates on a sunny day along a palm-lined street in the 1950s. January 1955

A yellow and green streetcar numbered 1307, with its trolley pole raised, stands beside a raised concrete safety island on a wet street under a stormy sky, with palm trees, a HUDSON sign and 1950s cars lining the road behind it.

Streetcar 1307 waits at a safety island on a rain-soaked street lined with palm trees, likely at 48th and Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles. January 1, 1955 · 48th and Crenshaw Bl., Los Angeles, CA

A vintage green and orange streetcar with the number 1307 is stopped on a rain-slicked street, with overhead wires and a 'HUDSON' business sign visible in the background.

A Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 1307, navigates a wet street under overcast skies. January 1, 1955 · 48th and Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Two red and orange electric cars with yellow winged emblems on their fronts stand side by side under overhead wires, signed Subway Terminal, with hills in the background.

Pacific Electric Railway cars 5004 and 5007 side by side, both signed for Subway Terminal. March 2, 1955 · Burbank, CA

A yellow and green streetcar with its trolley pole raised stands on track beside a wide road lined with wooden utility poles and overhead wires, with a sedan parked at right and low buildings in the distance.

Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar 1291, likely on route 7, at what is likely 118th Street and Broadway in Los Angeles in the early 1950s. March 7, 1955 · 118th and Broadway, Los Angeles, CA

A black and white photo shows a vintage streetcar on a city street with an elevated train structure overhead and several cars parked nearby.

A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 6155, operates on a city street under the Lake Street 'L' elevated structure. June 1955 · Lake and J Laramie, Chicago, IL

A red and white streetcar numbered 144 moves along a city street under a dark elevated train structure, with vintage cars and a billboard visible in the background.

A red Chicago Transit Authority Peter Witt streetcar, number 144, travels under an elevated 'L' station in the 1950s. 1956 · Clark Lake, Chicago, IL

A red and white streetcar numbered 144 runs on tracks in a city street, with an elevated train station and vintage cars in the background.

A red Chicago Transit Authority Peter Witt streetcar, number 144, navigates a city street beneath an elevated 'L' station in the 1950s. 1956 · Clark and Lake, Chicago, IL

A vintage black and white photo shows a streetcar on fire in the snow, with the number 542 visible on its front.

A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 542, is engulfed in flames during winter. March 23, 1956 · 77th Vincennes

A green and yellow single-ended streetcar with a trolley pole comes down a wide street with crossing tracks, a dense web of overhead wire, storefronts, and 1950s cars and a red pickup truck.

A green and yellow streetcar, likely Los Angeles Transit Lines car 14[?]8, approaches an intersection under heavy overhead wire at what the note gives as Washington and Vermont in Los Angeles. November 15, 1956 · Washington and Vermont, Los Angeles, CA

A vintage red streetcar with the number 565 on its front, shown at an angle on a city street with cars parked nearby and buildings in the background.

A red and cream Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 565, on a winter day at the intersection of Paulina and J Polk streets. March 1957 · Paulina and J Polk

A yellow streetcar with an S route sign and the number 1428 on its dash crosses a railroad track at a street intersection under overhead wires, with a Texaco station and 1950s cars behind it.

Streetcar 1428 on route S crosses a railroad at grade, likely at Avalon Boulevard and Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles, in the mid-1950s. 1958 · Avalon and Slauson Ave, Los Angeles, CA

A yellow and green streetcar showing route S and the number 1424 travels on street tracks under trolley wire past a gas station, palm trees and long lines of utility poles on an overcast day.

Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar 1424 on the S line runs along a wide avenue in Los Angeles, likely at Central Avenue and 160th Street. 1958 · Central and 160th St., Los Angeles, CA

A yellow and green streetcar numbered 1400, with route 5 on its roof sign, stands on a street under trolley wires. A yellow bus with a white roof is parked beside a two-story drugstore building with Coca-Cola and Rexall signs, and hills rise behind.

Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar 1400 on Line 5 passes an old-look bus in front of Eagle Rock Drugs in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. 1958 · 1400 Eagle Rock Blvd

A green and yellow double-ended streetcar numbered 1423, showing S on its roof sign, curves through a street intersection under a web of overhead wires, with Richfield gas stations and brick apartment buildings behind it.

Streetcar 1423 on route S rounds a curve past two Richfield gas stations, likely at Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles. August 1958 · S Line and Vermont, Los Angeles, CA

A green and cream streetcar with the number 1423 is stopped at a street intersection on a sunny day, with a Richfield gas station and a building labeled 'BARNE' APTS.' in the background.

A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 1423, on route 5 at a Richfield gas station on a sunny day. August 1958 · 7th and Vermont

A vintage orange and cream streetcar, numbered 531, runs down a city street under an elevated railway, with 1940s cars in the background.

A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 531, on the 'JU CENTRAL' route near the North Western Station in the 1940s. October 17, 1958 · Clinton and Lake, Chicago, IL

A black and white photograph of a street scene with a CTA PCC streetcar, a bus, a C&NW truck, and a Pontiac car, surrounded by people on a sunny day.

A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar and a bus share a street with a Chicago and North Western maintenance truck and a 1950s Pontiac, surrounded by onlookers near a Standard Oil station in the late 1950s. April 1960 · Central Park and Belmont, Chicago, IL

A grey three-section articulated tram with a red front bumper and route number 2 runs on tracks beside a railed canal, with gabled canal houses, trees and a dark church behind it.

An articulated Amsterdam tram on route 2 runs beside a canal under overcast skies. May 2, 1976 · Route #2 on Koninasplar, Amsterdam

A cream and green three-section tram with a pantograph on a fenced track down the middle of a wide street, with modern office buildings and parked cars at left, the Wicküler brewery sign on a hill in the distance, and a line of bollards in the foreground.

A Wuppertaler Stadtwerke articulated tram runs on its reserved track in the middle of a wide street in Wuppertal, likely in the late 1970s. May 11, 1978 · Bemberestrabe-Bumgallee, Wuppertal

A vintage red streetcar with the number 460 on its rear is being carried on a flatbed tow truck outside a brick building, with a few people standing nearby and a car parked in the background.

A red Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcar, number 460, is loaded onto a flatbed tow truck in a yard at dusk. July 16, 1978 · Cermak, Chicago, IL

A vintage red and cream streetcar numbered 460 is stopped on a city street at night, with people standing nearby and a car parked on the right.

A Chicago Transit Authority Master Unit streetcar, number 460, on the 21 Cedar Prairie route at night, with people gathered on the sidewalk. July 16, 1978 · Lincoln and Wrightwood, Chicago, IL

A red and cream vintage streetcar labeled '460' and 'CHICAGO' is being hauled on a flatbed truck down a city street at night, with an orange tow truck and a 'LOUNGE & CATERING' sign visible in the background.

A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 460, is being transported on a flatbed truck at night. July 16, 1978 · Orieans, OH

A long, one-story brown brick building with many closed roll-up doors and one boarded-up bay, graffiti on the doors, a wet street in the foreground and an overcast sky.

A shuttered brick building with a long row of overhead doors, likely a former streetcar carbarn, near Lincoln and Wrightwood in Chicago. September 17, 1978 · Lincoln and Wrightwood, Chicago, IL

A blue and white tram with a pantograph and an orange route 6 sign comes toward the camera on tracks set in pavement, as people walk along a tree-shaded platform.

A blue and white Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich tram on route 6 at a track loop in Zurich on a summer day. July 18, 1979 · Zurich, Switzerland

A white articulated light rail car with orange and yellow stripes rounds a curve on a paved plaza under a tangle of overhead wires, in front of a blue sawtooth canopy and tall trees.

San Francisco Municipal Railway car 1285 on route M Ocean View to Balboa Park Station, passing a blue station canopy that is likely at West Portal. April 1981 · West Portal, San Francisco, CA

A yellow articulated tram, numbered 638 and signed 4 station rai, comes down a busy shopping street with tram tracks, lined with brick buildings and shop signs, and a clock tower in the distance.

Amsterdam tram 638 on route 4 to station RAI, with the Munttoren tower behind it. c. 1983 to 1996

A red and cream streetcar numbered 4181 travels down a paved street past storefronts, including one named Pete's, with vintage automobiles parked along the sides.

A Chicago Surface Lines Master Unit streetcar, number 4181, on route 81, travels down a city street lined with shops and parked cars in winter. June 1984 · Lawrence and Luna, Chicago, IL

A blue, orange and yellow tram painted with an airliner runs along a street in front of an ornate red-brick theatre with red Richard III banners, while a pedestrian walks away from the camera along a wet brick sidewalk lined with bare trees and bollards.

An articulated tram wrapped in Garuda Indonesia advertising passes a brick theatre, likely at the Leidseplein in Amsterdam, on an overcast day. c. 1985 to 2000

A yellow articulated tram with red doors and route number 4 on its roof comes along a city street lined with cafés and bare trees, while a pedestrian walks toward the camera on the sidewalk.

Amsterdam tram 638 on route 4 runs past outdoor cafés, likely near Rembrandtplein. c. 1985 to 1995

A green single-unit streetcar with a pantograph runs on street track toward the camera on a wide boulevard, with apartment buildings, trees, a filling station and a red traffic light.

Rome streetcar 2151 in green livery runs along a tree-lined boulevard past an IP filling station. September 2, 1985 · Rome

An orange single-ended streetcar with a pantograph rounds a curve on double track in a tree-lined avenue, with traffic lights, parked cars and a CAPOLINEA sign in the foreground.

Orange streetcar 2071 on a tree-lined avenue, likely in Rome, near a terminal stop for line 30. September 2, 1985 · Rome

An orange streetcar on a sunlit city street in Rome, with a street sign reading 'CAPOLINEA 30' and a red sign announcing a service change effective in 1984.

An orange Stanga streetcar, number 2071, operates on a summer day in Rome, Italy, as indicated by the 'CAPOLINEA' street sign and a notice for a route change effective in February 1984. September 2, 1985 · Rome, Italy

A vintage green streetcar with the number 2151 and route 30 sign is driving on a city street in Rome, passing a gas station and surrounded by cars and pedestrians on a sunny day.

A pale green Vetture Stanga streetcar, number 2151, operates on route 30 in a Roman street, sharing the road with cars and pedestrians under a clear sky. September 2, 1985 · Rome, Italy

Two red and white articulated trams face the camera on cobblestone tracks, with a man standing between them and city buildings and a tall hotel tower behind.

Vienna trams 4027 on line 64 to Siebenhirten and 4545 on line 6 to Zentralfriedhof stand side by side at a terminal, likely around 1978–1989. October 28, 1985 · Vienna

Close view from inside a streetcar of a brown leather operator's seat on a chrome frame beside brown-painted control gear, a black dash panel with a small dial meter, and bright windows behind.

Operator's seat and controls inside a streetcar cab, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

Dim streetcar interior with rows of dark seats and chrome grab handles along a sunlit aisle. At the far end is a cab with an orange cabinet under two bright end windows, and a trolley pole shows outside.

Interior of a preserved streetcar, looking down the aisle toward the operator's end. The note places it at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

A cobblestone street lined with parked 1980s cars and brick industrial buildings. Two rail tracks run down its center and cross other tracks in the paved foreground, and a dark steel overpass spans the street.

Embedded rail tracks in a cobblestone street at 11th and Noble, with a crossing in the foreground and a steel railroad overpass beyond. December 14, 1988 · 11th and Noble

An articulated tram with a grey front and red doors, wrapped in yellow and blue advertising and showing route 24 Stationsplein, moves along a city street in front of shops and pedestrians, with bollards along the sidewalk.

Amsterdam tram 840, in an all-over advertising wrap, runs on route 24 to Stationsplein past shops that appear to be on the Damrak. c. 1989 to 1999

A yellow articulated tram showing route 9 travels along tracks in a wide city street lined with tall old buildings and hotel signs, as cars drive in the adjacent lane and crowds walk on the sidewalk.

A yellow articulated tram on route 9 runs along a busy street in what appears to be Amsterdam, with Centraal Station likely in the distance. c. 1990 to 2000

A white light rail train with a red and orange band, made up of two articulated cars, comes down a sunny street with rails in the pavement. Cars are parked along the left curb in front of a white stucco building with a tile roof, and hillside houses and a church spire are in the distance.

A two-car San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail train signed for the K route runs along a city street under overhead wire. August 31, 1991 · San Francisco, CA

A maroon and gold tram with a single trolley pole and CITY CIRCLE in its roof sign, stopped on a tree-lined city street next to a safety island with a KEEP LEFT sign. Office buildings and a red traffic light are in the background.

City Circle tram 925, in maroon and gold livery and signed CITY CIRCLE, on a street in what appears to be Melbourne, Australia. c. 1994 to 2002

A yellow and grey articulated tram passes a red-brick theatre with a red Richard III banner while a person in a dark coat poses beside bollards next to a zebra crossing.

A yellow articulated tram, number 8[?]3, crosses a square past the theatre in Amsterdam, likely in early 1994. c. 1994

A red and white streetcar numbered 4120 with a sign reading 504 Broadview Station travels a downtown street past a parked red station wagon, a man standing in the road and trees with yellowing leaves.

Toronto Transit Commission streetcar 4120 on route 504 to Broadview Station, among downtown office towers. September 1994 · King St West, Toronto, Ontario

A red and white streetcar signed 504 Broadview Station comes toward the camera on a city street beside a dark pickup truck, with stone office buildings and pedestrians on the right.

Toronto Transit Commission streetcar 4054 on route 504 to Broadview Station on King Street West, Toronto. September 1994 · King St West, Toronto, Ontario

A red and white streetcar signed 504 Dundas West Station runs on street track past tall office buildings, with cars, taxis, pedestrians and a sidewalk food cart nearby.

Toronto Transit Commission streetcar 4037 on route 504 to Dundas West Station, in a downtown Toronto street lined with office towers. September 1994 · King St West, Toronto, Ontario