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    A horsecar, horse-drawn tram, horse-drawn streetcar (U.S.), or horse-drawn railway (historical), is an animal-powered (usually horse) tram or streetcar...
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    at other times, using 13 to 17 trains (26 to 34 light rail vehicles). Horsecar service on Centre and South streets in Jamaica Plain began in 1857, followed...
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    iron in rails, becoming standard for all railways. The first passenger horsecar or tram, Swansea and Mumbles Railway was opened between Swansea and Mumbles...
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  • Depot Railway, the City Railroad, and the Central Railroad. The last horsecars were converted to electric in 1897. Cable car street railways in Los Angeles...
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    precursor of the Vienna tramway network was the Brigittenauer Eisenbahn, a horsecar tramway. From 1840 to 1842, it led from the Donaukanal to the recreational...
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    system. On September 29, 1876, a new proposal for the construction of a Horsecar by Mariano Antonio Borda was approved, with a contract being signed with...
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    chariot racing, which involved a small vehicle and four horses abreast, to horsecars or trollies, which used two horses to pull a car that was used in cities...
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    The B41 is a bus route that constitutes a public transit line operating in Brooklyn, New York City, running along Flatbush Avenue between Downtown Brooklyn...
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    the contract between the city administration and the horsecar company expired and the entire horsecar street rail system, including track, carriages, horses...
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    to Matanzas. Havana operated a tram system until 1952, which began as a horsecar system, Ferro Carril Urbano de la Habana in 1858, merged with rival coach...
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