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Vancouver operated streetcars from 1890 to 1947 and converted to trolley bus operations in 1948. Trolley buses still operate today.
Vancouver Streetcar and Trolley Bus Image Archive
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A BC Electric train passes through a station on the Steveston Run. Photo by P. Lambert, donated by Curt Frey.
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BCE PCCs running route 11 pass each other at Cordova and Granville. The day is April 19, 1949. Photo by Joseph Testagrose; found on the alt.binaries.pictures.rail archive.
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The BC Electric boasted considerable stretches of private right-of-way, not unusual for an interurban line. These cars look a little decrepid, but they probably got passengers to their destinations faster than Vancouver cars can today. Photo by P. Lambert, donated by Curt Frey.
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Joseph Testagrose captured this 1949 shot of BC Electric PCC 409 near Stanley Park.
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Car 1202 enters an industrial siding. Photo by P. Lambert, donated by Curt Frey.
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Joseph Testagrose captured this BC Electric interurban (1204, beside 1211) at Kitsalano Yard.
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An interurban train led by car 1207 makes a level crossing. Photo by P. Lambert, donated by Curt Frey.
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BC Electric interurban 1221 sits at Marpole Station. Joseph Testagrose took this shot.
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Twenty-one years after streetcars, electric service still ran to Stanley Park, although this time in the form of trolley buses. Joseph Testagrose caught BC trolley bus 2067 on route 24 on July 27, 1970.
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Joseph Testagrose took this picture of BC trolley bus 2102 on route 3 at Seymour and Nelson on July 11, 1973.
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