Street Railroads, Streetcars and Trolleys
Compiled by Don Strack
This page was last updated on August 2, 2011.
(This is a work in progress; research continues.)
Additional Information
- Streetcars vs. Trolleys vs. Trams — A Wikipedia article about "trams". Scroll down about 2/3 for an interesting discussion about North America's use of the term "streetcars" and "trolleys" to describe what the rest of the world knows as "trams".
Streetcar Information
Salt Lake City Streetcars — An index page for the history and operations of Salt Lake City's streetcars, including notes about the GM streetcar conspiracy.
Ogden Streetcars —An index page for the steam-operated and electric street railways in Ogden, built in 1884 and removed in 1935.
Logan Streetcars — Basic information about the history and operations of Logan's streetcars, built in 1910 and removed in 1924.
Provo Streetcars — Basic information about the history and operations of Provo's streetcars, first attempted in 1893, and built in 1913, then removed in 1919.
Brigham City — Basic information about the history and operations of Brigham City's streetcars, built in 1910 and removed in 1919.
UTA's TRAX Light rail — An index page for UTA's TRAX light rail system in Salt Lake City, built in 1999
Street Railway (Electric Railway) Journal Index — A compiled index of items of interest in Street Railway Journal, which became Electric Railway Journal in 1914, and Transit Journal in 1932
Bus Information
(Click here for bus information, including histories of bus transit systems in Utah, and the history of Utah Transit Authority.)
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