Light rail long before Sound Transit
As many Puget Sound residents await the unveiling of Sound Transit’s light rail system, this photo of the Seattle Municipal Street Railway gives you an idea of how Seattle light rail looked in 1888.
The photo features Seattle’s first electric street car.
(Photo courtesy of the State Archives, Puget Sound regional branch)
2 thoughts on “Light rail long before Sound Transit”
i wanna see horse-drawn trolleys! surely there were some.
UK had the very first light rail and tram systems in the world, set up in south Wales, UK, the trolleys used by horse-drawn at first, and later moved by steam and electric power. A new light railway system in London has been completed in preparation for the 2012 London Olympics. Also a high speed train line to Europe and Paris, France from St Pancras, London, the train travels at nearly 300km per hour. Sam E. Marsh
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