Approximately nine years ago, James O’Brien moved to Southampton and built his home around the trolley car.

We live in a new age of trolleys and streetcars. South Lake Union was connected to downtown by rail in December 2007. Soon, the much-delayed First Hill streetcar will begin operating, and plans to ...

In July 1948, Vincent K. Bass said goodbye to “Old 912,” an electric trolley car that had been in service in Richmond for nearly 40 years. Bass, a streetcar conductor for 42 years, was reluctantly ...