A tram derails in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, killing one person and injuring four. (Sarajevo Times)
Sarajevo Times →A tram derailment in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina results in one fatality and four injuries.
Streetcar Jumps Track
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Chicago, July 15.—Seven persons were injured today, one of them fatally, when a street car jumped the track at Ninety-seventh street and struck a telegraph pole. All the passengers were thrown to the floor and one sustained a fracture of the left arm and internal injuries. His recovery is considered impossible.
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Malbone Street wreck
The Malbone Street wreck, also known as the Brighton Beach Line accident, was a rapid transit railroad accident that occurred on November 1, 1918, on the New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. At least 93 people died, making it the second-deadliest train crash in American history, as well as the deadliest crash in the history of the New York City Subway.
Wikipedia →General Motors streetcar conspiracy
The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to the convictions of General Motors (GM) and related companies that were involved in the monopolizing of the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and subsidiaries, as well as to the allegations that the defendants conspired to own or control transit systems, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. This suit created lingering suspicions that the defendants had in fact plotted to dismantle streetcar systems in many cities in the United States as an attempt to monopolize surface transportation.
Wikipedia →Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. With an original authorization of $25 billion (equivalent to $220 billion in 2025) for the construction of 41,000 miles (66,000 km) of the Interstate Highway System over a 10-year period, it was the largest public works project in American history through that time.
Wikipedia →United Streetcar
United Streetcar, LLC, was an American manufacturer of modern streetcars, located in the Clackamas area in the southeastern suburbs of Portland, Oregon, founded in 2005. It was the only U.S. company building modern streetcars — as distinct from light rail cars or new replicas of historic streetcars — until 2013, when Brookville received its first order for a modern (as opposed to faux historic) streetcar, for the Dallas Streetcar.
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