Streetcars once traversed roads where light rail will glide
Generations before the first track of Phoenix’s new light-rail system was laid, an electric-ran system carried Phoenix residents throughout the city. It ran for six decades, from 1887 to 1948…
“During the time of the original streetcar, it went everywhere worth going,” said Ernie Workman, president of the Phoenix Trolley Museum.
Officials at the museum, as well as a former streetcar driver, hope the opening of a new light-rail system on Dec. 27 will spark interest in the old trolley system by reminding locals that a public rail system once flourished in Phoenix…