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Streetcars dominated transportation for 45 years (access required)

by John Hazlehurst

Published: January 15,2010

Time posted: 9:58 am

Tags: downtown transportation, streetcars

Despite the efforts of local streetcar advocates to revive urban rail, Colorado Springs officials have historically regarded light streetcars and trolleys with benign indifference. But that hasn’t always been the case. The Colorado Springs streetcar enterprise, which operated between 1887 and 1932, was at its height the most extensive modern and comprehensive streetcar system of any comparable ...





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