Trams, Trolleys and Streetcars

Shot out to the union flag in the background...

I took a picture of this tram this morning.

This is a series of trams "type Edison" produced in Italy in the period 1927-1930

They are in active use on a number of lines in Milan, and while beautiful, they are slow, hardly accessible and noisy... But still.

Some more info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATM_Class_1500

From an article on these: https://www.outsidelands.org/carzonia.php

https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/first-u-s-hydrogen-powered-trainset-enters-phase-ii-of-testing-in-california/

Entered service in 2024. https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/california-train-zemu-debut-san-bernardino-19664920.php

It's a Stadler FLIRT (Fast Light Innovative Regional Train, German: Flinker Leichter Innovativer Regional-Triebzug) made by Stadler Rail of Switzerland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadler_FLIRT

Istanbul runs 2, maybe 3 lines of nostalgic trams.

According to this article

https://archive.ph/LpllN

DC is planning to phase out it's only line of streetcars and replace them with electric buses.

cross-posted from: https://ani.social/post/14040361

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/11742954

Nice old streetcar and in everyday use. I saw them manually re-attaching the cable to the power line if it snapped off 😅