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streetcars


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streetcars

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Manually operated, electrically powered, public passenger rail vehicles running regularly on exclusive right of way along streets. For more general reference to any low-speed vehicles that run on tracks or by overhead cable, use "trams."

Variations

tramway-cars

streetcar

tramcars

tramcar

tram-cars

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