#trolleys

[rebel-heart-gypsysoul]

[scavengedluxury]

Trolley park, Sainsbury's, 17 Cable Street, Lancaster, 1990s. From the Sainsbury Archive.

[retropopcult]

Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1901. "Union Depot (old station), Union Avenue."

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Ad boasting about the city's transition from trolleys to buses, probably from the 1930s.

In January 1935, Mayor LaGuardia had pronounced trolleys “as dead as sailing ships." The big switch from rail to rubber began at that time, although trolleys would hang on in other boroughs for another twenty years. Nowadays, trolleys (which exist in modern form in many European cities) are seen as a progressive alternative to fossil fuel-burning buses.

Photo: Coachbuilt

[brianfrench1995]

Main Street At Night, Columbia, South Carolina Postcard

@postcardtimemachine

[mist-etc]

me, at parties: I LOOOOVE PUBLIC TRANSIT! YEAHHH

me, using public transit: man, fuck! what has a girl got to do to get a motherfucking break in this town? fr?! are you seeing this fucking shit??? *checks isseptafucked.com*

[1lifeinspired]

The “Bica” Funicular - Lisbon, Portugal 

By bahutofotografia

[1863-project]

Well, now I can say I've driven a trolley now too! Add that one to the roster!