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Taking the Rivermont BY ROGER G. GARFIELD AND GRAHAM C. GARFIELD
What Is a Trolley?
The words trolley, trolley car, streetcar, and less frequently tram, are used interchangeably. These vehicles are rail-borne and generally of lighter construction than conventional trains. Trolleys are primarily designed to convey passengers within
or between urban areas. Trolley tracks normally run on street surfaces, as compared with elevated trains that run above ground level and subway trains that run below.
The first type of trolley in Lynchburg—and, indeed,
in most cities around the world—was the horse-powered streetcar. When the system was introduced in New York City in 1832, the advantage of drawing a vehicle on steel rails was evident, considering the rough, unpaved street surfaces of the
Unless you have been fortunate enough to visit a place where trolleys still exist—San Diego, New Orleans, or foreign cities such as Toronto—chances are that you have had no firsthand experience with this delightful form of transportation. For most of us, the notion of “taking the trolley”
evokes a quaint, bygone era. But from the mid- 1800s until the 1950s, trolleys were the epitome of sophisticated urban transit in many American cities—and Lynchburg was no exception.
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