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Great American streetcar scandal — The Great American Streetcar Scandal [It has also been called the General Motors streetcar conspiracy and the National City Lines conspiracy by critics of those companies.] is a conspiracy theory according to which streetcar systems throughout… … Wikipedia
General Motors streetcar conspiracy — Pacific Electric Railway streetcars stacked at a junkyard on Terminal Island, March 1956 The General Motors streetcar conspiracy (also known as the National City Lines conspiracy) refers to allegations and convictions in relation to a program by… … Wikipedia
National City Lines — PCC streetcar 1504 operated by National City Lines’ El Paso City Lines subsidiary leaves the U.S. Mexico border in 1960, headed to Ciudad Juárez Industry public transportation Founded 1920 … Wikipedia
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Pacific Electric Railway — Infobox SG rail railroad name=Pacific Electric Railway logo filename=PE logo.png logo size=108 old gauge= marks=PE locale=Los Angeles, California, and its suburbs start year=1901 end year=1961 hq city=Los Angeles, CAThe Pacific Electric Railway… … Wikipedia
History of MTA Maryland — The Maryland Transit Administration was originally known as the Baltimore Metropolitan Transit Authority, then the Maryland Mass Transit Administration before it changed to its current name. The MTA took over the operations of the old Baltimore… … Wikipedia
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Tram — A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers (and, very occasionally, freight) within, close to, or between villages, towns… … Wikipedia