Rail Facts

The first American electric streetcar appeared in Richmond, Virginia in 1888, the year the automobile was invented in Germany.
The last Cincinnati streetcar was retired on April 29, 1951.
No new American electric rail system built since the end of World War II has ever gone out of business.
Portland, Oregon opened America’s first modern streetcar line in 2001.
Approximately fifty cities in North America are planning to build modern or vintage streetcar systems.
America's first modern electric light rail system opened in San Diego in 1981. There are now twenty of them, and another is under construction.