List of streetcar systems in the United States

This is an all-time list of streetcar (tram), interurban and light rail systems in the United States, by principal city (or cities) served, and separated by political division, with opening and closing dates. It includes all such systems, past and present.

For lists of existing systems only, see the following:

Contents

Alabama

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Anniston Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1888 20 Apr 1932  
  Birmingham Horse 24 Jan 1884 16 Apr 1898  
Steam 25 May 1885 26 Feb 1904  
Electric 10 Oct 1891 19 Apr 1953  
  Bessemer Steam 14 May 1890 26 Feb 1904  
Electric 25 Jul 1906 1915 Town tramway service absorbed by interurban services.
  ♦ Birmingham - Bessemer (two lines) Steam 14 May 1890 26 Feb 1904  
Electric 3 Jun 1902 14 Jul 1952  
  Calera Steam  ?  ?  
  Decatur Horse  ?  ?  
Electric Nov 1903  ?  
  Eufaula Steam  ?  ?  
  Fairhope Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
  Gadsden Electric  ? Jan 1934  
  Huntsville Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 15 Feb 1931  
  Lannett Steam  ?  ? Connected Lanett with Bleecker, and West Point, Georgia.
  Mobile Horse 1877 1893  
Steam 1890  ?  
Electric 18 Jan 1893 1941  
Capitol City Street Railway Company Montgomery Electric 15 Apr 1886 8 Apr 1936 nicknamed the Lightning Route
  Opelika Steam  ?  ? Connected Opelika and Auburn.
  Selma Horse  ?  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1924  
  Sheffield Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ? Feb 1933  
  Tuscaloosa Horse  ?  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric 1914 Nov 1941  
  Union Springs Horse  ?  ?  

Arizona

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Douglas Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1924  
  Phoenix Horse 5 Nov 1887 8 Jun 1895  
Electric 28 Sep 1893 16 Feb 1948 See Phoenix Street Railway. Interurban line to Glendale opened 1911. Planned extensions to Scottsdale, Tempe, and Mesa were never built. Reintroduced (LRT) 27 Dec 2008 (see METRO Light Rail).
  Tempe Horse  ?  ?  
  Prescott Electric Nov 1905 1911  
  Tucson Horse 1898 1906  
Electric 1 Jun 1906 31 Dec 1930 Heritage tramway (Old Pueblo Trolley) [1] opened 17 April 1993, on part of original route using original track. Reintroduction ("Modern Streetcar")[2] planned for 2011.
  Warren Electric 12 Mar 1908 31 May 1928 Connected Warren and Bisbee.

Arkansas

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Bentonville Petrol (gasoline) 14 Jun 1914 11 Jun 1916  
  Eureka Springs Horse 14 Jul 1891 Jan 1896  
Electric 1896 by 1922  
  Fort Smith Horse 2 Aug 1883 1889  
Electric 1896 15 Nov 1933 System included interstate line to Arkoma, Oklahoma.
  Van Buren Electric  ?  ?  
  Helena Horse Dec 1894 Jan 1910  
Electric Jan 1910 5 Aug 1933  
  Hot Springs Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1938  
  HoxieWalnut Ridge Horse 1889 1905  
Electric 1 Jul 1904 1928  
  Little Rock Horse 1876 1895  
Steam 3 Jul 1888 1889  
Electric 23 Dec 1891

1 Nov 2004

1 Sep 1947

-

Original system also served North Little Rock, which before 1917 was named Argenta. Heritage tramway (River Rail Streetcar line) opened 1 November 2004.[3]
  Pine Bluff Horse 4 Nov 1886 1902  
Electric 1902 1934  
  Searcy Horse  ?  ? Connected Searcy with West Point.
  Stuttgart Horse  ?  ?  
  Sulphur Rock Horse 1885 1926 Believed to be the last town tramway operated by horse traction in the U.S.
  Texarkana Horse 1894 1900  
Electric 1900 31 Dec 1934 Interstate tramway system, also served Texarkana, Texas.

California

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway Bakersfield Horse May 1888 1900  
Electric 17 Feb 1901 28 Feb 1942  
  Chico Electric 12 Aug 1904 28 Nov 1948  
  Eureka Horse 20 Aug 1888 30 Apr 1897  
Electric 15 Sep 1903 31 Oct 1940  
  Fresno Horse 25 Jan 1889 Sep 1901  
Electric 19 Oct 1902 20 May 1939  
  Lake Elsinore Electric (?)     see note.
  Los Angeles Horse 1 Jul 1874  ?  
Cable 8 Oct 1885 2 Oct 1902  
Steam 1886 ca. 1915  
Electric, see Los Angeles Railway, Pacific Electric Railway. 4 Jan 1887

1 Jul 1891

Jun 1888

30 Mar 1963

Reintroduced (LRT [4] ) 14 Jul 1990 (see Los Angeles County Metro Rail).
  Anaheim Horse 1 Mar 1887 1899  
  Glendale Electric 13 Mar 1909 30 Dec 1930  
  Long Beach Electric Sep 1902 24 Feb 1940 Reintroduced (LRT) 14 Jul 1990.
  Monrovia Horse  ? 1903  
  OntarioUpland Horse 1887 1895  
Electric 1895 6 Oct 1928  
  Pasadena Horse 1886 1895  
Electric 1893 19 Jan 1941 Reintroduced (LRT) 26 Jul 2003.
  Pomona Horse 10 Feb 1888 1896  
Steam Apr 1888 Jun 1909  
Electric 3 Jul 1909 3 Jul 1924  
  Redlands Horse 23 May 1899 22 Jul 1899  
Steam 4 Jul 1888 14 May 1915  
Electric 23 Dec 1899 20 Jul 1936  
  Riverside Horse 1887 1898  
Steam 1887 1898  
Electric 11 Apr 1899 10 Jan 1943  
  San Bernardino Steam 1885 1903  
Electric  ? 8 Apr 1942  
  San Pedro Electric 1905 23 Jan 1938 Heritage tramway (Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line) [5] opened 19 Jul 2003.
  Santa AnaOrange Steam 1897 1914  
Electric 10 Feb 1906 14 Sep 1930  
  Santa Monica Horse 1891 1906  
Electric 1 Jul 1896 13 Dec 1929  
  MarysvilleYuba City Horse 17 Aug 1889  ?  
Electric 1907 15 Feb 1942  
  MontereyPacific Grove Horse 5 Aug 1891  ?  
Electric Aug 1903 20 Jul 1923  
  Nevada CityGrass Valley Electric 15 Oct 1901 3 Jan 1924  
  Oakland Horse 30 Oct 1869 1883  
Steam 1875  ?  
Cable 9 Nov 1886 21 May 1899  
Electric 12 May 1891 28 Nov 1948 see also Key System, San Francisco.
  Alameda Horse  ? 1892  
Electric 7 May 1893 1930  
  Berkeley Horse 1873 1875  
Steam 1875 1891  
Electric 12 May 1891 28 Nov 1948  
  Hayward Horse  ? 1 Sep 1909  
Key System ♦ Oakland- Hayward Electric 17 May 1892 10 Mar 1935  
  Richmond Electric 7 Jul 1904 7 Nov 1933 see also Shipyard Railway.
  ♦ Oakland – Richmond Electric 7 Jul 1904 7 Nov 1933  
  Oxnard Petrol (gasoline) 1908 Jan 1927  
  Paso Robles Horse  ? 1903.  
  Petaluma Horse 1889 1903  
  Sacramento Horse 20 Aug 1870 ca. 1892  
Accumulator (storage battery) 1887 189_  
Electric 1890 4 Jan 1947 Reintroduced (LRT [6] ) 12 Mar 1987 (see Sacramento Regional Transit District).
  San Diego Horse 3 Jul 1886 30 Jun 1896  
Steam 29 Nov 1887 1892  
Cable 7 Jun 1890 1 Oct 1892  
Electric 31 Dec 1887

21 Sep 1892

June 1889

24 Apr 1949

see San Diego Electric Railway. Reintroduced (San Diego Trolley, LRT [7]), 26 Jul 1981 (see San Diego Trolley).
  Coronado Horse 1886 1886  
Steam 1886 1893  
Electric 6 Oct 1893 31 May 1947  
  Imperial Beach Petrol (gasoline) 1910 1913  
Accumulator (storage battery) Apr 1913 1916  
  National City Horse  ?  ?  
  ♦ San Diego – National City Electric 1 Dec 1907 10 Jan 1930  
  San Francisco Steam  ?  ?  
Horse  ?  ?  
Cable 1 Sep 1873    
Electric 29 Jul 1891   [8] (see San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco cable car system). See also Key System, Oakland.
  Burlingame Accumulator (storage battery) 22 Feb 1913 19 Nov 1917  
  South San Francisco Electric 1902 31 Dec 1938  
  San Jose Horse  ?  ?  
Steam 1896 Sep 1901  
Electric 16 May 1888 10 Apr 1938 Reintroduced (LRT [9]) 14 Dec 1987 (see Santa Clara VTA Light Rail).
  Palo Alto Electric 14 Nov 1906 27 Sep 1925 see also San Jose.
  San Luis Obispo Horse 1888 1901  
Santa Barbara & Surburban Railway Santa Barbara Horse 1875 1896  
Electric 1 Oct 1896 1 Oct 1929  
  Santa Cruz Horse 3 Aug 1875

Oct 1908

1899

Jul 1910

 
Electric  ? 14 Jan 1926  
  Santa Maria Horse  ?  ?  
  Santa Rosa Horse 1877 1905  
  Stockton Horse 6 Apr 1874 1892  
Electric 13 Jul 1892 Sep 1941  
  Vallejo Horse  ?  ?  
  Watsonville Electric May 1904

Apr 1911

1907

Oct 1913

 
  Woodland Horse  ?  ?  

Colorado

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Aspen Horse  ?  ?  
  Boulder Horse 1891 1893  
Electric Jun 1899 1931  
  Colorado Springs Horse 1887  ?  
Accumulator (storage battery) 1890  ?  
Electric  ? 30 Apr 1932  
  Manitou Springs Electric  ?  ?  
  ♦ Colorado Springs – Manitou Springs Electric 1890 30 Apr 1932  
  Denver Horse 1871  ?  
Cable 22 Dec 1888 1 Apr 1900  
Electric  ? 3 June 1950 Reintroduced (LRT) 14 Oct 1994. See Rail transit in metropolitan Denver.
  Durango Horse 1883  ?  
Electric  ? 1920  
  Florence (Electric) (1912)   Tramway line built and two cars purchased, but public service was not started.
  Fort Collins Electric 29 Dec 1907

May 1919

10 Jul 1918

30 June 1951

Heritage tramway[10] opened 29 Dec 1984.
  Grand Junction Horse 1890 1909  
Electric 1909 1928  
  Greeley Electric 1910 1923  
  Leadville Horse  ?  ?  
  Pueblo Horse 1879 1890  
Electric 6 Jun 1890 1948  
  Trinidad Horse 22 Feb 1886  ?  
Electric  ? 1926  

Peschkes (Part Four, 1998, Page 59) states that, despite various evidence, the following town did not have a tramway:

Connecticut

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Bridgeport Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1937  
  Bristol Electric 189_ 1 Aug 1935  
  Danbury Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1926  
  Derby Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1937  
  Greenwich Electric 189_ 1927  
  Groton Electric 1904 1928  
  Hartford Horse 3 May 1863 1892  
Electric 1888 27 Jul 1941  
  Meriden Horse 187_  ?  
Electric  ? 1931  
  Middletown Horse 187_  ?  
Electric  ? 1929  
  Milford Electric 189_ 27 Nov 1937  
  Mystic Horse 187_  ?  
Electric 190_  ?  
  New Britain Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1937  
  New Haven Horse 6 May 1861  ?  
Electric  ? 25 Sep 1948  
  New London Horse 187_  ?  
Electric  ? 1934  
  Norwalk Horse 186_  ?  
Electric  ? 1935  
  Norwich Horse 187_  ?  
Electric 188_ 1936  
  Stamford Horse 1887  ?  
Electric 1894 1933  
  Stratford Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1934  
  Torrington Electric 189_ 1929  
  Wallingford Electric  ? 1937  
  Waterbury Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1937  
  Willimantic Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1936  

Delaware

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  MiddletownOdessa Steam 1906 1909  
  Wilmington Horse 30 Jun 1864  ?  
Electric 1888 1940  

District of Columbia

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Washington Horse 29 Jul 1862 26 May 1900  
Cable 12 Apr 1890 23 Jul 1899  
Electric 17 Oct 1888 28 Jan 1962 see Washington streetcars, Northern Virginia trolleys. Reintroduction planned (Anacostia Corridor Demonstration Project).[11] See DC Streetcar.

Florida

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Altamonte Springs Horse  ?  ?  
  Arcadia Horse  ?  ?  
  Avon Park Horse  ?  ? Connected Avon Park and Pabor Lake.
  Bartow Horse  ?  ?  
  Bradenton Electric 1903 1905  
Central of Florida Railway Company [12] Daytona Beach Electric  ? 1918 Daytona, Daytona Beach, and Seabreeze were separate cities at this time. The rail company built the original Broadway Bridge for its trolleys.[13]
  Everglades Accumulator (storage battery)  ? 1929 [14]
  Fernandina Beach Electric  ? 192_  
  Fort Meade Horse  ?  ?  
  Gainesville Horse  ?  ?  
  Green Cove Springs Horse  ?  ? Connected Green Cove Springs and Magnolia Springs.
  Jacksonville Horse 1880 May 1895  
Electric 24 Feb 1893 12 Dec 1936  
  Key West Horse 1881  ?  
Electric  ? 10 Jun 1926  
  Leesburg Horse  ?  ?  
  Miami Accumulator (storage battery) 1915 1921  
Electric 25 Jul 1906

Mar 1922

3 Sep 1907

14 Nov 1940

 
  Coral Gables Electric 30 Apr 1925 3 Nov 1935  
  Miami Beach Electric Dec 1920 17 Oct 1939  
  Mulberry Horse  ?  ?  
  Ocala Horse  ?  ? Connected Ocala and Silver Springs.
  Orlando Horse  ?  ?  
Winter Park Company Winter Park Horse 6 Feb 1885 1903  
Orlando and Winter Park Railway OrlandoWinter Park Steam  ?  ? known as the Dinky Line, later part of East Florida and Atlantic Railroad, later part of Seaboard Air Line Railroad, later part of CSX
  Ormond Beach Horse  ?  ?  
  Palatka Horse  ?  ?  
  Palm Beach Horse  ?  ?  
  West Palm Beach Horse  ?  ?  
  Panacea Horse  ?  ? Connected Panacea and Sopchoppy.
  Pensacola Electric  ? Jun 1932  
  St. Augustine Electric  ?  ?  
  St. Petersburg Electric  ? 1949  
  Sanford Petrol (gasoline) 1908  ?  
  Tallahassee Horse  ?  ?  
  Tampa Horse 1886  ?  
Electric 1892 4 Aug 1946 Heritage tramway (TECO Line Streetcar) [15] opened 21 Oct 2002 (see TECO Line Streetcar System).

Georgia

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Albany Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1920  
  Americus Electric 1891 1893  
  Athens Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1930  
  Atlanta Horse 8 Sep 1871  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric 23 Aug 1889 17 Apr 1949  
  Fairburn Petrol (gasoline)  ? 1925  
  Augusta Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1937  
  Brunswick Horse  ?  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric 1909 1924  
  Cedartown Horse  ?  ?  
  Clarkesville Horse  ? 1918  
  Columbus Horse  ?  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1935 System included interstate line to Phenix City, Alabama.
  Covington Horse  ? 1918  
  Cumberland Island Horse  ?  ?  
  Gainesville Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 4 Apr 1925  
  Griffin Horse  ?  ?  
  Macon Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1935  
  Milledgeville Horse  ?  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Accumulator (storage battery)  ? 13 Jun 1914  
  Rome Horse  ?  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1931  
  St. Marys Horse  ?  ?  
  St. Simons Horse  ?  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
  Savannah Horse  ?  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ? Heritage tramway, diesel-electric traction (River Street streetcar[16]), opened 11 Feb 2009.
  Talapoosa Horse  ?  ?  
Accumulator (storage battery)  ?  ?  
  Valdosta Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1934  
  Washington Horse  ? 1916  
  Waycross Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1917  

Peschkes (Part Four, 1998, Page 44) states that, despite the assumption of another historian, there is no evidence for tramways in the following towns:

Hawaii

Name of system Location Traction
type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Honolulu Horse 28 December 1888  ?  
Electric 1900 1 July 1941  

Idaho

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Boise Horse 1887  ?  
Electric 1891 1928  
  Caldwell Electric 1907 1928  
  Lewiston Electric 3 May 1915 3 Aug 1929 Interstate tramway, extended between Lewiston and Clarkston, Washington.
  Sandpoint Electric Apr 1910 1917  

Illinois

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Alton Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1932  
  AnnaJonesboro Electric 1907 1925  
Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Aurora Horse 1884  ?  
Electric 1891 17 Nov 1934  
  Belleville Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1932 Reintroduced (St. Louis LRT) 2001.
  Belvidere Electric 1895 30 Jun 1915  
  BloomingtonNormal Horse 1888  ?  
Electric  ? 1936  
  Blue Island Electric  ?  ?  
  Cairo Horse 1880  ?  
Electric  ? 1933  
  Canton Gas  ?  ? "Gas" refers to town gas, not petrol (gasoline).
Electric 1907 25 Jul 1928  
  Centralia Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1892 1929  
  ChampaignUrbana Horse 1863  ?  
Electric 1890 1936  
  Charleston Electric 1904 1925  
Chicago Transit Authority Chicago Horse 1858 1906  
Cable 28 Jan 1882 21 Oct 1906  
Electric 21 Oct 1890 21 Jun 1958 See also Hammond, Indiana
  Chicago Heights Electric  ?  ?  
  Chillicothe Horse  ?  ?  
  CiceroBerwyn Horse  ?  ? Also experimental operation with steam and gas (town gas) traction.
Electric  ? 10 Apr 1948  
  Danville Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1891 1936  
  Decatur Horse 1876  ?  
Electric  ? 1936  
  DeKalb Electric  ?  ?  
  Dixon Electric May 1904 17 Sep 1925  
  Du Quoin Horse  ?  ? Connected Du Quoin and St. Johns.
  East St. Louis Electric  ? 1935 System operated interstate tramway services to St. Louis, Missouri. Reintroduced (St. Louis LRT) 1993.
Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Elgin Horse 1884  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
Evanston Railway Company Evanston Electric  ? 1935  
  Freeport Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1891 1933  
  Galesburg Horse 1885  ?  
Electric  ? 1931  
  Granite City Electric  ? 1958 Interstate suburban line from St. Louis, Missouri.
  Harrisburg Electric 1913 1933  
  Harvey Electric 1892 189_  
  Hillsboro Electric  ?  ?  
  Jacksonville Horse 1867  ?  
Electric  ? 1930  
  Joliet Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1934  
  Kankakee Electric 1891 1931  
  Kewanee Electric  ? Feb 1936  
  LaSallePeru Steam  ?  ?  
Electric 1891 1926  
  Lincoln Electric 25 Dec 1891 1929  
  Mattoon Electric 1904 1927  
  MechanicsburgBuffalo Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  Moline Electric  ? 1936  
  Mount Vernon Electric  ? 1917  
  Murphysboro Electric 1903 1927  
  Ottawa Electric 1889 1934  
  Paris Electric  ? 1928  
  Pekin Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 11 Nov 1935  
  Peoria Horse 1870  ?  
Electric  ? 1946  
  Pontiac Electric 23 Apr 1905 24 Nov 1925  
  Princeton Electric 1906 1929  
  Quincy Horse 1867  ?  
Electric  ? 1930  
  Rockford Horse 1881 1889  
Electric 1889 3 Sep 1936  
  Rock Island Horse 1866  ?  
Electric  ? 1940 Operated as part of Davenport, Iowa, system. Operated interstate service to Davenport, Iowa.
  Springfield Horse 1865  ?  
Electric 1893 27 Dec 1937  
  Sterling Electric May 1904 17 Sep 1925  
  Streator Electric 1891

1898

1896

1912

 
  Taylorville Electric  ? 1925  
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Waukegan Electric  ? 1947  

Indiana

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Anderson Horse  ? 14 Aug 1892  
Electric  ? 13 Nov 1937  
  Angola Electric 1904 1918  
  Brazil Electric  ?  ?  
  Brownstown Horse  ?  ?  
  Columbus Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1892 28 Jul 1929  
  Crawfordsville Electric  ? 31 Oct 1922  
  Elkhart Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1891

15 May 1894

1891

2 Jun 1934

 
  Elwood Electric 6 Sep 1893 1 Aug 1924  
  Evansville Horse 1886 1894  
Electric 15 Sep 1892 1939  
  Fort Wayne Horse 6 Jan 1872 9 Aug 1894  
Electric 7 August 1892 27 June 1947  
  French LickWest Baden Springs Electric 9 Nov 1903 18 Jul 1919  
  Gary Electric 20 May 1908 1947  
  Goshen Electric 4 Jul 1896 1920  
  Greencastle Horse  ?  ?  
  Hammond Electric 15 May 1893 1946 Operated interstate service to Chicago, Illinois.
  East Chicago Electric 15 May 1893 1940 Also served Whiting.
  Huntington Electric 1902 1910  
  Indianapolis Horse 3 Oct 1864 1894  
Electric 18 Jun 1890 11 Jan 1953  
  Kokomo Electric 15 Dec 1891 17 Apr 1932  
  La Porte Electric 1 Jul 1902 1918  
  Lafayette Horse 1868

1884

187_

1889

 
Electric 30 Oct 1888 14 Mar 1940  
  Logansport Horse 1882 1896  
Electric 1 Oct 1891 29 Apr 1932  
  Madison Horse 188_  ?  
Electric 20 Jun 1898 30 Jun 1918  
  Marion Horse 188_  ?  
Electric 1 Aug 1893 26 Jun 1947  
  Michigan City Electric 189_ 1932  
  Mount Vernon Horse  ?  ?  
  Muncie Steam  ?  ?  
Electric 1 Sep 1892 1932  
  New Albany Electric 1891 21 Jan 1946 See also Louisville, Kentucky.
  Jeffersonville Electric 1888 1934  
  New Castle Electric  ? 31 Oct 1922  
  Peru Electric 3 Aug 1901 30 Sep 1934  
  Richmond Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 6 Sep 1889 1938  
  South Bend Horse 27 May 1885  ?  
Electric 15 Jan 1885

1889

 ?

15 Jun 1940

Experimental operation in 1882. System also served Mishawaka.
  Terre Haute Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 6 Jan 1940  
  Vincennes Horse 1881  ?  
Electric 8 September 1891 1 Jul 1938  
  Wabash Electric 3 Aug 1901 1 Aug 1931  
  Warsaw Electric  ? 1938  
  Washington Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1894 31 Oct 1935  

Iowa

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Albia Horse  ?  ?  
Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
Electric 18 Dec 1907 1922  
  Ames Steam  ?  ?  
Electric 1907 Jul 1929  
  Boone Horse 1883  ?  
Electric 14 Nov 1899 19 May 1925  
  Burlington Horse 1 Jan 1874  ?  
Electric 30 May 1891 1929  
  Cedar Rapids Horse 188_  ?  
Electric 1891 13 Nov 1937  
  Centerville Horse 1887  ?  
Electric 1902 25 Apr 1925  
  Charles City Electric 1915 1921  
  Clinton Horse 6 Feb 1869  ?  
Electric 1890 25 May 1937  
  Council Bluffs Horse 1869  ?  
Electric Dec 1887 15 Sep 1948 Omaha Traction Company
  Davenport Horse 2 Mar 1869  ?  
Electric 6 Aug 1888 15 Apr 1940 Tramway system also served Rock Island and Moline, Illinois.
  Des Moines Horse 11 Jan 1868  ?  
Electric 1888 6 March 1950  
  Dubuque Horse 23 May 1868  
Electric 25 Dec 1889 4 Jul 1932  
  Fort Dodge Electric 1896 14 Nov 1925  
  Fort Madison Horse Jul 1888  ?  
Electric 1895 1929  
  Independence Electric 22 Aug 1892 14 Aug 1907  
  Iowa City Electric 1 Nov 1910 16 Aug 1930  
  Keokuk Horse 1883  ?  
Electric 30 Aug 1890 15 May 1928  
  Marshalltown Horse 1883  ?  
Electric 31 Dec 1892 31 Aug 1928  
  Mason City Electric 1897 30 Aug 1936  
  Muscatine Horse 11 Sep 1883  ?  
Electric 30 May 1893 17 Mar 1929  
  Oskaloosa Horse 1880  ?  
Electric 1898 May 1926  
  Ottumwa Horse 1881  ?  
Electric 1889 (?) 12 Aug 1930  
  Red Oak Horse Apr 1882 1901  
  Sioux City Horse 1 Jul 1881

1885

 ?

?

 
Cable 1 Jun 1889 15 May 1894  
Electric 6 April 1890 1948 System included interstate tramway to South Sioux City, Nebraska.
  TamaToledo Electric 4 Jul 1894 25 Jun 1925  
  Waterloo Horse 1885 May 1896  
Electric 1896 Aug 1939  
  Cedar Falls Electric 14 Dec 1897 18 May 1941  
  ♦ Waterloo – Cedar Falls Electric 1897 31 Jul 1958  

Kansas

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Abilene Horse  ?  ?  
  Arkansas City Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  Atchison Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1929  
  Baxter Springs Horse  ?  ?  
  Chetopa Horse  ?  ?  
  Clay Center Horse  ?  ?  
  Coffeyville Electric 190_ 1948  
  Cottonwood FallsStrong City Horse 22 Aug 1887 29 Jan 1918  
Petrol (gasoline) 29 Jan 1918 27 Jun 1919  
  Council Grove Horse  ?  ?  
  Dighton (?) Horse (?)  ?  ? see note.
  Emporia Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 189_ 1928  
  Fort Scott Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 189_ 1918  
  Galena Electric  ?  ? see also Joplin, Missouri
  Garden City Horse  ?  ?  
  Great Bend Horse  ?  ?  
  Hutchinson Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1932  
  Independence Electric  ? 1946  
  Iola Electric  ?  ?  
  Junction City Electric 12 Aug 1901 28 Feb 1934  
  Kansas City Horse  ?  ?  
Cable 15 Jun 1885 13 Oct 1913  
Electric  ? 1956 Tramway system served Kansas City, North Kansas City and Independence, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas.
  Kingman Horse  ?  ?  
  Larned Horse  ?  ?  
  Lawrence Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1933  
  Leavenworth Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 189_ 1925  
  Manhattan Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
Electric Jun 1909 Oct 1928  
  McPherson Horse  ?  ?  
  Newton Horse 1886

1910

1890

?

 
Electric 25 Oct 1913 1 Nov 1925  
  Ottawa Horse  ?  ?  
  Parsons Electric  ?  ?  
  Pittsburg Electric 20 Oct 1890 1932 see also Joplin, Missouri
  Pratt Horse  ?  ?  
  Salina Horse 188_  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 17 Jul 1937  
  Wellington Horse  ?  ?  
  Wichita Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1934  
  Arkansas City Horse 18__  ?  
Electric  ? 1922  
  Winfield Horse 1886 17 May 1909  
Electric  ? 24 May 1926  

Kentucky

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Ohio Valley Electric Railway Ashland Electric 189_ 1936  
  Bowling Green Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 189_  ?  
  Covington Horse 1867  ?  
Electric 1890 3 Jul 1950 Also served Newport and other communities. Operated service across Ohio River to Cincinnati, Ohio.
  Frankfort Electric  ? 6 Jan 1934  
  Georgetown Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 189_  ?  
  Henderson Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 17 Jul 1923  
  Lexington Horse 26 Aug 1882 4 Sep 1890  
Electric 24 Aug 1890 20 Apr 1938  
  Louisville Steam 1838 1844  
Horse 1844 1901  
Electric 1889 30 Apr 1948 See also New Albany and Jeffersonville, Indiana.
  Maysville Electric  ?  ?  
  Middlesboro Horse 188_  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
  Owensboro Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1934  
  Paducah Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1932  
  Somerset Electric  ?  ?  
  Winchester Electric  ?  ?  

Louisiana

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Abita Aprings Horse  ?  ?  
  Alexandria Horse 19 Jun 1891 19 Jun 1899  
Electric 12 Apr 1906 18 Dec 1926  
  Baton Rouge Mule 16 Oct 1890 5 Apr 1893 Two mule car lines, later connected as a belt line
Electric 6 Apr 1893 23 Apr 1936 Three lines at peak in 1924-1932[17]
  Burnside Horse  ?  ?  
  Grand Isle Horse 1866 1893  
  Lake Charles Horse 1891  ?  
Steam 1893 1906  
Electric 1 Feb 1906 29 Jun 1927  
  Monroe Electric 15 Jun 1906 21 Aug 1938  
  New Orleans Horse Jan 1835  ?  
Steam 26 Jan 1835  ?  
Electric 1 Feb 1893   See Streetcars in New Orleans. Operation suspended 28 Aug 2005 – 18 Dec 2005 because of storm damage (Hurricane Katrina).
  Algiers Horse 1884 1 Sep 1907  
Electric 1 Sep 1907 22 Jan 1931  
  Shreveport Horse 31 Dec 1870 16 Oct 1893  
Electric 4 Oct 1890 10 Dec 1939  

Maine

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Augusta, Winthrop and Gardiner Street Railway (German) Augusta Electric 26 Jul 1889 31 Jul 1932  
  Bangor Electric 29 Apr 1889 31 Dec 1945  
  Bath Electric 189_ 1932  
  Biddeford Horse 4 Jul 1888 5 May 1892 Connected Biddeford and Saco.
Electric  ? 5 Jul 1939 " "
  Brunswick Electric  ?  ?  
  Calais Electric 4 Jul 1894 31 Oct 1929 International tramway, connected Calais and St. Stephen (New Brunswick), Canada (q.v.).
  Fairfield Electric  ?  ?  
Fryeburg Horse Railroad (German)[18] Fryeburg Horse 18. May 1888 1. Oct 1913  
  Lewiston Horse 3 Sep 1881 1896 Connected Lewiston and Auburn.
Electric  ? 6 Sep 1941  
  Portland Horse 10 Oct 1863 17 Dec 1895  
Electric 20 Jun 1891 4 May 1941  
  Rockland Electric 1 Aug 1892 1 Apr 1931  
  Sanford Electric 189_ 27 Apr 1947  
  Waterville Horse 23 Jun 1888 1892  
Electric 20 Jul 1892 11 Oct 1937  

Maryland

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Annapolis Electric  ?  ?  
  Baltimore Horse 1859  ?  
Cable 23 May 1891 23 Mar 1899  
Electric  ? 3 Nov 1963 Reintroduced (LRT) 6 Apr 1992 (see Baltimore Light Rail).
  Buena Vista – Buena Vista Springs Horse  ?  ?  
  Chesapeake Beach Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
Petrol (gasoline)  ? 1921 (?)  
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway Cumberland Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 189_ 1932  
Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Frederick Electric 189_ 1937  
Hagerstown Electric 189_ 1939  

Massachusetts

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Attleboro Horse 187_  ?  
Electric  ? 1932  
  Boston Horse 1856  ?  
Electric  ?   Green Line and Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line. Also serve many neighboring towns. See also: Category:Streetcars in the Boston area
  Brockton Horse 26 July 1881  ?  
Electric 5 Sep 1890 11 Jul 1937  
  Conway Horse 1 April 1895 1921  
  Fall River Horse 1880 1891  
Electric 1892 20 Sep 1936  
  Fitchburg Horse 3 July 1886  ?  
Electric  ? 1932 Connected Fitchburg and Leominster.
  Framingham Electric 188_ 1925  
  Gardner Electric 189_ 1924  
  Gloucester Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1919  
  Greenfield Electric 189_  ?  
  Haverhill Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 29 Aug 1936  
  Holyoke Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1936  
  Lawrence Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? Mar 1936  
  Lowell Horse 187_  ?  
Electric  ? Mar 1936  
  Lynn Horse 185_  ?  
Electric 19 November 1888 1937 Purported to be the first electric trolley in Massachusetts
  New Bedford Horse 187_  ?  
Electric  ? 1947  
  Newburyport Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 27 Aug 1930  
  Newton Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 193_  
  Northampton Horse 186_  ?  
Electric  ? 1933  
  Oak Bluffs Electric  ?  ?  
  Pittsfield Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1932  
  Plymouth Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1928  
  Quincy Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1948  
  Salem Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  Springfield Horse 186_  ?  
Electric 6 Jun 1890 1940  
  Stoneham Electric  ? 27 Jul 1946  
  Taunton Horse 23 Sep 1871  ?  
Electric 3 Sep 1893 Jul 1932  
  Waltham Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 193_  
  Worcester Horse 186_  ?  
Electric  ? 31 Dec 1945  

Michigan

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Adrian Electric 1889 1924  
  Ann Arbor Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 28 Sep 1890 31 Jan 1925  
  Battle Creek Horse 1865  ?  
Electric 1887

188_

1887

30 Sep 1932

 
  Bay City Electric  ? Aug 1921  
  Benton Harbor Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1892 Sep 1935 System also served St. Joseph
  Cheboygan Horse 1893

1898

1896

1898

 
 Department of Street Railways (The DSR) 1922-1956 Detroit Horse 3 Aug 1863 9 Nov 1895  
Electric 1 Sep 1886 8 Apr 1956 Heritage tramway, 20 Sep 1976 – Jun 2003
  Escanaba Electric 1892 1932  
  Fenton Horse  ?  ?  
  Flint Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1900 4 Apr 1936  
  Grand Haven Electric  ?  ?  
  Grand Rapids Horse 1864  ?  
Cable 18 Apr 1888 12 Nov 1891  
Electric  ?  ?  
  Holland Electric  ?  ?  
  Iron RIver Horse 1913 1921  
  Ishpeming Electric 1893 20 Aug 1927  
  Jackson Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 19 Sep 1891 27 Jun 1936  
  Kalamazoo Horse 1885  ?  
Electric 1893 2 Nov 1932  
  Lansing Horse 1886  ?  
Electric 26 Aug 1890 15 Apr 1933  
  Manistee Electric 1892 26 Aug 1921  
  Marquette Electric 1891 19 April 1935  
  Menominee Electric  ? 1928 System also served Marinette, Wisconsin.
  Monroe Electric  ?  ?  
  Mount Clemens Horse 1890  ?  
Electric 1900 Jan 1930  
  Muskegon Horse 25 Nov 1882  ?  
Electric Apr 1890 10 Oct 1929  
  Owosso Electric 1911 1929 Connected Owosso and Corunna
  Pontiac Electric 1900 1932  
  Port Huron Horse 186_  ?  
Electric 1886 28 Jan 1930 See also Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
  Saginaw Horse 1863  ?  
Electric 1899 9 Oct 1931 Operation suspended Aug 1921 – 1 Nov 1923 because of dispute between tramway undertaking and local authority.
  Sault Ste. Marie Electric 1888 8 Jul 1931 See also Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
  Traverse City Electric 18?? 1920s

Minnesota

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Anoka Horse 1884

1908

1897

1908

 
  Brainerd Horse 1887 1889  
Electric 1893 2 Jun 1898  
  Breckenridge Electric 30 Aug 1910 31 Mar 1925 Interstate tramway, connected Breckenridge with Wahpeton, North Dakota. Ranked as the smallest interstate town tramway (and one of the smallest town tramways) in the U.S.
Duluth Street Railway Duluth Horse 1882 1890  
Electric 1890 9 Sep 1939 Tramway system served Duluth and Superior, Wisconsin. Two funiculars operated in Duluth. The 7th Avenue West Incline which operated as part of the streetcar system, and the independent Duluth Belt Line Railway
  Hibbing Electric 11 Dec 1921 16 Apr 1927  
  International Falls Electric 1891 Oct 1895  
Accumulator (storage battery) 1913 1919 Occasional reports, described by Wyatt [19] as "unproven," state that accumulator (storage battery) tramcars operated on the railway bridge to Fort Francis, Ontario, Canada.
  Mankato Horse 23 Jul 1886 1895  
Electric 10 May 1908 8 Mar 1930  
Twin City Rapid Transit Minneapolis Horse 2 Sep 1875 23 Dec 1889  
Electric 23 Dec 1889 31 Oct 1953 Reintroduced (LRT, the Hiawatha Line), 26 Jun 2004. See also Como-Harriet Streetcar Line (Heritage streetcar).
  St. Paul Horse 15 Jul 1872  ?  
Cable 21 Jan 1888 3 Jun 1898  
Electric  ? 18 Jul 1954  
  Stillwater Electric 6 Nov 1899

27 Jun 1899

1897

10 Sep 1932

 
  Moorhead Electric 9 Dec 1912 30 Jun 1937 Operated as part of Fargo, North Dakota, tramway system.
Granite City Railway St. Cloud Horse 3 Oct 1887 1892  
Electric 30 Jun 1892 29 Apr 1936  
  Winona Horse 25 Dec 1883  ?  
Electric 22 Jan 1892 21 Jul 1938  

Mississippi

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Biloxi Electric 189_ 1932  
  Gulfport Electric 190_ 1932  
  Columbus Electric  ? 1920  
  Enterprise Horse  ?  ?  
  Greenville Electric 188_ 1929  
  Hattiesburg Electric 190_  ?  
  Jackson Mule 1871 1899  
Electric 1899 1935  
  Laurel Electric  ? 1934  
  Meridian Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  Natchez Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1928  
  Pascagoula Electric  ?  ?  
  Vicksburg Electric 189_ 1935  
  Yazoo City Electric 1911 1918  

Missouri

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  AvaMansfield Steam  ?  ?  
Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
  Cape Girardeau Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 189_ 1932  
  Carrollton Steam 1893  ?  
Electric 30 Aug 1897  ?  
  Carthage Horse 17 Oct 1883 24 Jan 1885  
Electric 24 Aug 1895 21 Jul 1935  
  ♦ Carthage – Carterville Electric  ?  ? see also Joplin (below).
  Clinton Horse  ?  ?  
  Farmington – Delassus Electric  ?  ?  
  Farmington – St. Francois Electric  ?  ?  
  Hannibal Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 188_  ?  
  Jefferson City Electric  ? 1934  
  Joplin Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1935  
Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
  ♦ Joplin – Webb City Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  ♦ Webb City Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  ♦♦ Webb City – Carterville Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  ♦ Joplin – Duenweg – Carterville Electric  ?  ?  
  ♦ Joplin – Pittsburg, Kansas Electric  ?  ? see also Pittsburg, Kansas
  ♦ Joplin – (Galena, Kansas) – Baxter Springs, KansasPicher, Oklahoma Electric  ?  ?  
  Kansas City Horse Apr 1869  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Cable 15 Jun 1885 13 Oct 1913  
Electric  ? 23 Jun 1957.  
  Independence Horse 1886  ?  
Steam 1886  ?  
Electric  ? 1935  
  North Kansas City Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  Lebanon Electric  ?  ?  
  Nevada Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  St. Joseph Horse 186_  ?  
Electric  ? 1939  
  St. Louis Horse 1859  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Cable 15 Apr 1886 14 Mar 1901  
Electric  ? 20 Jun 1966 Reintroduced (LRT) 31 Jul 1993 (see St. Louis MetroLink)
  Sedalia Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 189_ 1931  
  Springfield Horse 188_  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1937  
  Trenton Electric  ?  ?  

Montana

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Anaconda Electric 1 Sep 1890 31 Dec 1951  
  Billings Horse 1882 1883  
Accumulator (storage battery) 4 Apr 1912 1917  
  Bozeman Electric 21 Jul 1892 15 Dec 1921  
  Butte Horse 1886  ?  
Cable 4 Mar 1889 19 Sep 1897  
Electric 26 Aug 1890 22 Aug 1937  
  Great Falls Electric 18 Aug 1891 30 Nov 1931  
Horse 1892 1893  
  Helena Horse 25 Sep 1886  ?  
Electric 25 May 1890 1 Jan 1928  
  Missoula Horse 1897  ?  
Electric 1892

11 May 1910

1897

24 Jan 1932

 

Nebraska

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Beatrice Electric 18__ 1897  
  Fremont Horse  ?  ?  
  Grand Island Horse  ? 1898  
  Hastings Horse 1887  ?  
  Kearney Electric 18__ 1898  
  Lincoln Lincoln 18__ 1945  
  Nebraska City Horse 1889 1910  
  Norfolk Electric 18__ 1897  
  Omaha Horse 1868  ? Omaha Horse Railway Company
Cable 29 Dec 1887 7 Jul 1890 Omaha Traction Company
Electric  ? 1955 Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company
  Plattsmouth Electric 18__ 1892  
  Red Cloud Horse 1887 1910  
  Wymore Horse  ?  ?  
  York Horse  ?  ?  

Nevada

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Reno Electric 1904 1927  

New Hampshire

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Berlin Electric 4 Jul 1902 1 Dec 1928  
  Claremont Electric 190_ 1918  
  Concord Horse 1881  ?  
Electric  ? 29 Apr 1933  
  Dover Horse 1882  ?  
Electric 16 Aug 1889 15 Sep 1926  
  Exeter Electric 189_ 1924  
  Keene Electric 190_  ?  
  Laconia Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1926  
  Manchester Horse 1877  ?  
Electric 1895 2 May 1940  
  Nashua Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1932  
  Portsmouth Electric 189_ 1925  
  Rochester Electric 1 Sep 1889 6 May 1925  

New Jersey

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Asbury Park Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 19 Sep 1897 1931  
  Atlantic City Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 27 Dec 1955 see also Shore Fast Line.
  Beach Haven Horse  ?  ?  
Bridgeton and Millville Traction Company Bridgeton Electric  ?  ? see also Millville and Vineland.
  Brigantine Electric  ?  ?  
  Camden Horse 1871  ?  
Electric  ? 1935 Also served Gloucester City and other neighboring towns.
  ♦ Camden-Trenton Electric 190_ 1931 Diesel Light Rail line opened 14 Mar 2004 (see River Line (New Jersey Transit))
  Cape May Horse  ?  ?  
Steam  ?

1916

1892

1918

 
Electric 1892 1913  
Accumulator (storage battery) 1916 1916  
  Elizabeth Horse 1869  ?  
Gas  ?  ? Gas refers to town gas, not petrol (gasoline).
Electric  ? 18 Feb 1931 Newark – Elizabeth tramway line closed 3 Jan 1937. Reintroduction planned (see Union County Light Rail).
  Gibbsboro – Lucaston Horse  ?  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
  Hackensack Electric  ? 1938  
  Hudson County Horse 1860  ?  
Electric  ? Last lines using the Hoboken Inclined Elevated viaduct closed 7 Aug 1949. Reintroduced (Hudson-Bergen Light Rail) 22 Apr 2000.
  Keansburg Electric  ?  ?  
  Keyport Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 189_ 1923  
  Long Branch Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  Metuchen Electric  ?  ?  
Millville Traction Company Millville Electric  ?  ? see also Bridgeton.
  Morristown Electric  ? 1927  
  Mount Holly Horse  ?  ?  
  New Brunswick Horse 1867  ?  
Electric  ? 1 Aug 1931 Suburban tramway line closed 26 Oct 1931.
  Newark Horse 1859 1893  
Cable     Line built and tested, but not placed in service because of technical problems.
Electric Oct 1890 see note.  
  Ocean City Electric  ?  ? see also Atlantic City
  Ortley Beach Horse  ?  ?  
  Passaic Electric  ?  ? Newark – Passaic tramway closed 20 Mar 1937.
  Paterson Horse 1863  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Gas  ?  ? Gas refers to town gas, not petrol (gasoline).
Accumulator (storage battery)  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1 May 1928 Newark – Paterson tramway line closed 1938.
  Phillipsburg Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1894 31 Oct 1931 See also Easton, Pennsylvania.
  Plainfield Electric 1901 1925 Newark – Plainfield tramway line closed 15 Sep 1935.
  Point Pleasant Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1919  
  Red Bank Electric 1896 1921  
  Rutherford Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1896 1921  
  Sea Isle City Electric  ?  ?  
  Stone HarborCape May Court House Steam  ?  ?  
Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
  Trenton Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 6 Dec 1934  
  Vineland Electric  ?  ?  
  Wildwood Electric  ? 1946  

New Mexico

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Albuquerque Horse 1880 1904  
Electric Sep (?) 1904 31 Dec 1927 Reintroduction planned.
  Las Vegas Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1928  

New York

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Albany Horse 22 Feb 1864 1921  
Electric 1890 1 Aug 1946  
  Cohoes Horse 1864  ?  
Electric 1890 6 Feb 1934  
  Rensselaer Electric 4 Nov 1897 193_  
  Schenectady Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1946  
  Troy Horse Sep 1861  ?  
Electric  ? 26 Sep 1933  
  ♦♦ AlbiaAverill Park Electric 5 Oct 1895 31 Mar 1925  
  Amsterdam Horse 4 Jul 1873  ?  
Electric 20 Dec 1890 1 Sep 1936  
  Auburn Electric  ?  ?  
  Batavia Electric Sep 1903 13 Jun 1927  
  Beacon Electric 27 Aug 1892 20 Apr 1930 Connected Beacon and Fishkill
  Binghamton Horse 1873 1893  
Electric 31 May 1887 1 Aug 1932  
  BinghamtonPort DickinsonJohnson City Horse 1 Jan 1883 (?) 1 Jul 1892  
Electric 1892 1 Aug 1932  
  Buffalo Horse 11 Jun 1860 1893  
Electric 20 Jun 1889 1 Jul 1950 Reintroduced (LRT, Buffalo Metro Rail), 18 May 1984.
  BuffaloDepew Electric 8 May 1901 23 Sep 1926  
  BuffaloGardenvilleEbenezer Electric 18 Apr 1896 12 Dec 1931  
  BuffaloHamburg Electric 6 Oct 1900 12 Dec 1931  
  BuffaloHamburg Electric 1906 193_  
  BuffaloWilliamsville Electric 5 April 1893 18 September 1930  
  Niagara Falls Horse 2 Jul 1883  ?  
  Electric traction, July 1892 22 Aug 1937  
  Canandaigua Horse 6 Sep 1887 Jul 1892  
Electric 4 Aug 1894 31 Jul 1930  
  Catskill Electric 14 Dec 1900 by 31 Oct 1917  
  Corning Electric 1 Nov 1895 1 Apr 1930  
  Cortland Horse 14 Sep 1885  ?  
Electric 1 Apr 1895 1928  
  CortlandHomerMcGrawPreble Horse 14 Sep 1885  ? Connected Cortland and Homer.
Electric 1 Apr 1895 15 Feb 1931  
  Dunkirk Electric 1 Jul 1900

1917

1917

by Aug 1923

 
  Fredonia Electric 15 May 1910 Jul 1927  
  DunkirkFredonia Horse Sep 1866 1891  
Electric 30 Oct 1891 25 Mar 1934  
  Elmira Horse Oct 1871  ?  
Steam 23 Jul 1889  ?  
Electric 30 Aug 1890 11 Mar 1939  
  FondaFultonville Horse 1875 11 Jul 1884  
  FrankfortIlionMohawkHerkimer Horse 4 Jul 1871 1895 (?)  
Electric 1895 (?) 30 Jun 1933  
  Fulton Horse 15 Aug 1886 by 1908  
Electric  ? 15 Sep 1927  
  Geneva Electric 27 Mar 1895 1925  
  GenevaWaterlooSeneca FallsCayuga Steam 1886  ?  
Electric 13 Jul 1890 6 Dec 1928 Opened in stages, completed 27 Mar 1895.
  Glens Falls Horse 28 Sep 1885  ?  
Electric 1891 30 Jun 1928  
  Gloversville Electric  ?  ?  
  GloversvilleMountain Lake Electric 23 Aug 1901 30 Sep 1917  
  Hornell Electric 6 Aug 1892 15 Jul 1926  
  HornellCanisteo Electric 30 Dec 1892 15 Jul 1926  
  Ithaca Electric 2 Jan 1888

28 Jan 1893

May 1892

22 Jun 1935

 
  Jamestown Horse 20 Jun 1884 1892 (?)  
Electric 11 Jun 1891 29 Jan 1938  
  Johnstown Electric  ?  ?  
  Kingston Horse 1867  ?  
Electric 1894 30 Sep 1930  
  LimaHoneoye Electric 8 Aug 1899 by 30 Oct 1915  
  Lockport Horse 1 Jan 1887 1891  
Electric 20 Aug 1895 16 Apr 1938  
  Long Island       see also New York City.
Babylon Rail Road Company Babylon Horse 1871 1909  
Electric 1909 15 May 1920  
♦♦ BabylonAmityville Electric 1909 15 May 1920  
  Freeport Electric 1906 1924  
Huntington Railroad Huntington Horse 19 Jul 1890 1898 Replaced by Huntington Traction Company (1920-1927)
Electric 17 Jun 1898 15 Aug 1927
♦♦ HuntingtonAmityville Electric 26 Aug 1909 23 Sep 1919  
  Long Beach Petrol (gasoline) 20 Oct 1923 1926  
Northport Traction Company East Northport - Northport Electric 18 Apr 1902 19 Aug 1924  
Suffolk Traction Company Patchogue Accumulator (storage battery) 1 Jul 1911 10 Oct 1919  
♦♦ PatchogueHoltsville Accumulator (storage battery) 1914 10 Oct 1919 Extension HoltsvillePort Jefferson started, not completed.
♦♦ PatchogueSayville Accumulator (storage battery) by 1914 10 Oct 1919  
Sayville Horse Jul 1909 Sep 1909  
Nassau County Railway Sea Cliff Electric 2 Jul 1902 31 Dec 1924 a.k.a.; Sea Cliff Village Trolley
Glen Cove Railroad ♦♦ Sea CliffGlen Cove Electric 16 Nov 1905 15 Nov 1924  
  Middletown Electric 8 May 1894 9 Apr 1924  
  Middletown- Goshen Electric 25 Nov 1895 21 Oct 1924  
  Newburgh Horse 24 Dec 1886 May 1894  
Electric 9 Jun 1894 31 Mar 1923  
  NewburghOrange LakeWalden Electric July 1894 1923 see note.
  New York City       see also Long Island and Westchester County.
  Bronx Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1892 21 Aug 1948  
  ♦♦ City Island Horse 20 May 1887 1914  
Accumulator (storage battery) 17 Aug 1914 9 Aug 1919  
  Brooklyn Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1890 30 Oct 1956  
  Manhattan Horse 14 Nov 1832 1917  
Cable 31 Aug 1885 25 May 1901  
Accumulator (storage battery) 1910 1932  
Electric  ? 21 Jun 1947 Last tramway line in New York, which operated on the Queensboro Bridge between Manhattan and Queens, closed 7 Apr 1957.
  Queens Horse 1869  ?  
Electric 1887 26 Apr 1950  
Ocean Electric Railway
(originally Far Rockaway Railroad)
♦♦ Far Rockaway Horse 2 Jul 1886 1898  
Electric 1898 24 Sep 1924  
Ocean Electric Railway
(originally Rockaway Village Railroad)
♦♦ Rockaway Park Horse 2 Jun 1886

1897

1895

1898

 
Electric 1898 26 Aug 1928 see note.
  Staten Island Horse Sep 1868 1896  
Electric 1893 26 Jan 1934  
  Ogdensburg Horse 14 Aug 1886 1895  
Electric 1 Sep 1895 1 Apr 1932  
  Oneida Horse 4 Jul 1885 30 Jul 1902  
Electric 14 Dec 1902 Dec 1930  
  Oneonta Electric  ?  ?  
  Ossining Electric 1893

1 Oct 1907

20 Oct 1906

7 May 1926

 
  Oswego Horse 22 Aug 1885 1892  
Electric 1892 21 Apr 1927  
  Peekskill Electric Jun 1899 30 Jun 1926.  
  PeekskillLake Mohegan Electric 30 Jul 1899 1924  
  Peekskill – Oregon Electric 25 Mar 1907 29 Aug 1925 Opened in stages, completed 1909.
  PeekskillVerplanck Electric 1902 30 Jun 1926  
  Penn YanBranchport Electric 15 Aug 1897

1 Jan 1927

11 Oct 1926

13 Mar 1927

 
  Plattsburgh Electric 25 Jul 1896 1 Nov 1929  
  Port Jervis Electric 15 Jan 1898

4 Jul 1910

9 Jun 1910

15 Nov 1924

 
  Poughkeepsie Horse 1871 1894  
Electric 15 Dec 1894 25 Nov 1935  
  PoughkeepsieWappingers Falls Electric 1895 Nov 1928  
  HighlandNew Paltz Electric 17 Aug 1897 7 Jul 1925  
  RedwoodAlexandria Bay Electric 18 Aug 1902 16 Oct 1916  
  Rochester Horse 13 Jul 1863 1893  
Electric 1889 1 Apr 1941  
  Charlotte – Manitou Beach Electric 1 Jun 1891 25 Aug 1925  
  Rome Horse 4 Jul 1887

1 Jul 1902

1900

1903

 
Compressed-air 22 Sep 1900 30 Jun 1902  
Electric 9 Jun 1903 7 Dec 1930  
  Saratoga Springs Electric 30 Jun 1892 20 Jan 1926 Brief periods of operation in 1890 and 1891.
  Syracuse Horse 11 May 1860  ?  
Electric 29 Nov 1888 4 Jan 1941  
  Syracuse – Edwards Falls Electric 16 Jun 1898 24 Oct 1931  
  Utica Horse 14 Sep 1863  ?  
Electric 1890 13 May 1941  
  Watertown Electric 20 May 1891 17 Aug 1937  
  Watertown – Brownsville – Dexter Electric 30 Jun 1891 9 Mar 1931  
  Waverly Electric 30 Jun 1896 11 Jun 1930  
  WaverlySayre, PAAthens, PA Electric 30 Jun 1896 11 Jun 1930  
  Westchester County       see also New York City.
  Larchmont Horse 1 May 1888  ?  
Electric 10 Jun 1900 16 Aug 1927  
  Mount Vernon Electric  ? 1950  
  New Rochelle Electric  ? 1950  
  Port Chester Electric 12 Jul 1898 16 Aug 1927.  
  White Plains Electric 1 Oct 1895 16 Nov 1929  
  Yonkers Horse Mar 1887 1892  
Electric May 1892 Nov 1952  

North Carolina

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Asheville Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1 Feb 1889 1934  
  Belmont Electric  ?  ?  
  Burlington Electric 1912 1922 Connected Burlington and Haw River.
  Charlotte Horse  ?  ?  
Accumulator (storage battery)  ?  ?  
Electric 18 May 1891 14 Mar 1938 Heritage tramway opened 1996 (see Charlotte Trolley). Reintroduced (LRT) 24 Nov 2007 (see Lynx).
  Concord Horse  ?  ?  
Steam ca. 1889  ?  
Accumulator (storage battery) 1911  ?  
Electric 1923 ca. 1929  
  Durham Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1902 1934  
  Fayetteville Horse  ?  ?  
Steam ca. 1908 1909  
Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  Gastonia Electric  ? 21 Sep 1948  
  Goldsboro Electric 1910

1915

1912

ca. 1920

 
  Greensboro Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 11 Jun 1902 1934  
  Hendersonville Horse  ?  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
Electric 1911 ca. 1920  
  High Point Accumulator (storage battery) 1906 (?)  ?  
Electric 1912 1935  
  New Bern Accumulator (storage battery) 1913  ?  
Electric ca. 1913 1929  
  Pinehurst Electric 1896 1907  
  Raleigh Horse 25 Dec 1886  ?  
Electric 1 Sep 1891 1934  
  Salisbury Electric 1905 1938  
  Wilmington Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1892 18 Apr 1939  
  ♦ Wilmington – Wrightsville Beach Steam  ?  ?  
Electric 190_ 1939  
  Winston-Salem Electric 14 July 1890 1936  

North Dakota

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Bismarck Electric 16 Feb 1904 28 Feb 1931 Only US town tramway owned by a (federal) state authority.
  Fargo Horse 1879

7 July 1882

1879

18 Sep 1882

 
Electric 16 Feb 1904 21 Aug 1937 Tramway system also served Moorhead, MN.
  Grand Forks Electric 20 Nov 1904 1 Feb 1934 System included an interstate line to East Grand Forks, MN.
  Valley City Electric 18 Dec 1905 194_  
  Wahpeton       see Breckenridge, MN.

Ohio

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Akron Horse 18 Aug 1883  ?  
Electric 2 Oct 1888 26 Mar 1947  
  Alliance Electric 1888 15 Jul 1939  
  Ashtabula Horse 1883  ?  
Electric 9 Apr 1892 30 Jan 1939  
  Bellaire Horse 16 Oct 1865  ?  
  Bellefontaine Electric  ?  ?  
  Berea Horse  ?  ?  
  Cambridge Electric 190_ 1929  
  Canton Horse 1884  ?  
Electric Mar 1890 18 Apr 1931  
  Chillicothe Electric 189_ 1930  
  Cincinnati Horse 1859 1904  
Cable 8 Jul 1885 19 Jul 1902  
Steam 1866 1897 Mt. Lookout dummy
Electric 1889 29 Apr 1951 [20] See also Covington, Kentucky.
  Cleveland Horse 1860 1901  
Cable 17 Dec 1890 28 Jan 1901  
Electric  ?   Last in-street trolley/tram lines closed in 1954, but Shaker light rail line survived (see Blue and Green Lines).
  Columbus Horse 1863 1892  
Electric 1891 5 Sep 1948  
  Conneaut Electric  ?  ?  
  Coshocton Electric  ? 1927  
  Dayton Horse 1870 1895  
Accumulator (storage battery) May 1893  ?  
Steam 1872 1886  
Electric 1888 1947. see note.
  Defiance Electric 12 Dec 1891 1913  
  Delaware Electric 189_ 19 Aug 1926  
  East Liverpool Electric 1892 Apr 1939  
  Elyria Electric 189_ 1931  
  Findlay Horse 1887 1894  
Electric 1891 31 Jan 1932  
  Fremont Electric 190_ 1932  
  Gallipolis Electric 189_ 1932  
  Hamilton Electric 1890 1933  
Ohio Valley Electric Railway Ironton Electric  ? 1930  
  Lancaster Electric 189_ 30 Oct 1937  
  Lima Electric 19 Jul 1886

189_

 ?

13 May 1939

 
  Lorain Electric 189_ 7 May 1938  
  Mansfield Electric 7 Aug 1887 6 Jun 1937  
  Marietta Horse 1888  ?  
Electric 1896 1934  
  Marion Electric 189_ 1933  
  Massillon Electric 1892 2 Jun 1929  
  Middletown Horse 1879 4 May 1918 Replaced by motorbus.
  Mount Vernon Electric 189_ 1917  
  New PhiladelphiaDover Electric 4 Jul 1889 26 Jan 1926  
  Newark Electric 189_ 10 Aug 1926  
  Niles Electric 1894 1927  
  Norwalk Electric  ? 14 May 1938  
  Painesville Electric 1893 1926  
  Piqua Electric 189_  ?  
  Pomeroy Electric Nov 1900 1929  
  Portsmouth Electric 189_ 1939  
  Put-in-Bay Electric 1891

1913

1910

1914

Brief period of operation in 1915, to 30 Jun 1915.
  Salem Electric 23 May 1890 9 Dec 1911  
  Sandusky Horse 3 Aug 1883  ?  
Electric 27 Nov 1890 25 May 1938  
  Springfield Electric 1891 9 Dec 1932 Town tramway service on interurban line, Dec 1929 – 3 Jun 1938.
  Steubenville Electric 1888 Dec 1938  
  Tiffin Electric 189_ 1919  
  Toledo Horse 1860 1890  
Electric 1890 31 Dec 1949  
  Toronto Electric  ?  ?  
  UhrichsvilleDennison Electric 1901 Jan 1922  
  Warren Electric 1894 1931  
  Youngstown Horse 1873  ?  
Electric  ? 8 Dec 1940 See also Sharon, Pennsylvania.
  Zanesville Horse 13 Nov 1875  ?  
Electric 27 Dec 1890 31 Dec 1930  

Oklahoma

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Ardmore Electric Jan 1906 1922  
  Bartlesville Electric 14 Jul 1908 15 Jul 1920  
  Chickasha Electric 12 Jul 1910 14 Aug 1927  
  Clinton Petrol (gasoline) Jun 1909 1911  
Electric 1912 27 Aug 1914  
  Lawton Electric 11 Jul 1914 11 Nov 1927  
  McAlester Electric 15 Sep 1903 1932  
  ♦ McAlester – Hartshorne Electric 15 Sep 1903 27 Apr 1947  
  Muskogee Electric 15 May 1905 9 Mar 1933  
  Oklahoma City Electric 7 Feb 1903 13 Apr 1947  
  El Reno Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
Electric 1908 192_  
  Guthrie Electric 26 May 1905 193_  
  ♦ Oklahoma City – El Reno Electric 3 Dec 1911 9 Nov 1946  
  ♦ Oklahoma City – Guthrie Electric 20 Jul 1916 9 Nov 1946  
  ♦ Oklahoma City – Norman Electric 1913 (?) Oct 1947  
  Okmulgee Electric 20 Nov 1911 1919  
  Shawnee Electric 1903 9 Jan 1927  
  Tulsa Mule 27 May 1907 Jul 1907  
Electric Jul 1907 5 Feb 1936  
  ♦ Tulsa – Sand Springs Electric 1911 2 Jan 1955  
  Sapulpa Electric 1910 193_  
  ♦ Tulsa – Sapulpa Electric Mar 1908 1933  

Oregon

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Albany Steam 1889 (?)  ? May have started as late as 1892.[21]
Horse Sep 1889 [21] 1909  
Electric 1909 1918  
  Astoria Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 7 Dec 1922 Business center destroyed by fire on 8 Dec 1922. Tramway service not restored.
  Baker Horse  ?  ?  
  Corvallis Horse  ?  ?  
  Eugene Horse 26 Jun 1891 1903 Mule-drawn.[21]
Electric 26 Sep 1907 15 Oct 1927  
  Klamath Falls Horse  ? 1907 (?)  
  Medford Electric  ?  ?  
  Portland Horse ca. Dec 1872  ? First test run on 7 Dec 1872.[22]
Cable 22 Feb 1890 1904  
Electric 4 Nov 1889 [22] 26 Feb 1950 [23][24] Reintroduced (MAX, LRT) 5 Sep 1986 (see MAX light rail).
  ♦ Portland – Oregon City, Portland – Bellrose Electric 16 Feb 1893 25 Jan 1958 Opening date is for Oregon City line; closure date is same for both.
  ♦ Portland – Vancouver, Washington Electric 1917 1940  
  Salem Horse 15 Jan 1889 [21]  ?  
Electric 1889 (?) 4 Aug 1927 [21]  
  Union Horse  ?  ?  

Pennsylvania

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Aliquippa Electric 191_ 1937 see also Beaver Falls.
  Allentown Horse 21 May 1868 17 Apr 1891 Lehigh Valley Transit Co,
Electric 1 Jul 1891 18 Jun 1953  
  Bethlehem Electric  ? 18 Jun 1953  
  Altoona Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1954  
  Bangor Electric 190_ 1933  
  Beaver FallsNew Brighton Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1937 see also Aliquippa.
  Berwick Electric 191_ 1924  
  Bloomsburg Electric 190_ 1926  
  Bradford Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1927  
  Butler Electric 190_ 1941  
  Carbondale Electric  ?  ?  
  Carlisle Electric 190_ 1938  
  Chambersburg Electric 190_ 1928  
  Corry Electric 1906 27 Aug 1923  
  Danville Electric 190_ 1924  
  DuBois Electric 189_ 1926 See also Punxsutawney.
  Easton Horse 20 Jun 1889 10 Dec 1892  
Electric 1892 5 Nov 1939 See also Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
  Erie Horse 1867  ?  
Electric 25 Jun 1889 11 May 1935  
  Gettysburg Electric Railway Electric Jul 1893 Jun 1917  
  Springs Horse Railroad, Gettysburg Horse  
  Greensburg Electric 1889 3 Jan 1937 Interurban (West Penn Railways, Coke Division) service continued to 1952.
West Penn Railways, Coke Division: Connellsville Electric 1891 1952  
  Latrobe Electric 1900 1952  
  Scottdale Electric 1891 1952  
  Uniontown Electric 1890 1952  
  Hanover Electric 1893 1931 See also York.
  Harrisburg Horse 4 Jul 1865 1892  
Electric 20 Jul 1889 16 Jul 1939  
  Hazleton Electric 189_ 1932  
  Hershey Electric 15 Oct 1904 21 Dec 1946  
  Huntingdon Electric  ? 20 Jul 1926  
  Indiana Electric 190_ 1934  
  Jersey Shore Electric 1903  ?  
  Jim Thorpe Electric  ? 1931  
Johnstown Traction Company Johnstown Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 11 Jun 1960[25]  
  KittanningFord City Electric Aug 1899 8 Nov 1936  
  Lancaster Horse Nov 1874  ?  
Electric 1890 20 Sep 1947  
  Lebanon Electric 1891 21 Jul 1930  
  LeechburgApollo Electric 23 Mar 1906 17 Mar 1936  
  Lewisburg Electric  ?  ?  
  Lewistown Electric 190_  ?  
  Lock Haven Electric  ?  ?  
  Mauch Chunk       see Jim Thorpe.
  Meadville Electric 189_ 1928  
  Milton Electric 189_ 1928  
  Mount Carmel Electric 189_ 1936  
  New Castle Electric 1889 1940  
  New Kensington Electric 1906 22 May 1937 see also Pittsburgh.
  OakdaleMcDonald Electric 1907 15 Oct 1927 see also Pittsburgh.
  Oil CityFranklin Electric 189_ 16 Jun 1928  
  Philadelphia Horse 20 Jan 1858 14 Jan 1897  
Cable 7 Apr 1883 20 Jun 1895  
Electric 15 Dec 1892   See SEPTA. See also Camden, New Jersey.
  Chester Horse 1 Feb 1883 1 Apr 1893  
Electric 10 Dec 1892 1934  
  Norristown Horse 8 Apr 1885 1893 Philadelphia and Western, Lehigh Valley Transit interurban
Electric 21 Jul 1893 9 Sep 1933  
  West Chester Electric 189_ 1927  
  ♦♦ Philadelphia (Upper Darby) – West Chester Horse 24 December 1858 1892  
Electric 1892 1954 (now mostly part of SEPTA)
Pittsburgh Railways Pittsburgh Horse 1859 1924  
Cable Sep 1888 14 Jun 1891  
Electric 1888   Also served many neighboring towns. Downtown subway opened 3 Jul 1985. Light-rail transit (LRT) system incorporates many segments built previously [26]
  Charleroi Electric  ? 1953  
Pittsburgh Railways
Interurban Division
♦♦ Pittsburgh – Charleroi Electric  ? 1953  
  Clairton Electric  ?  ?  
  Donora Electric 15 Dec 1901 5 May 1953  
  McKeesport Electric 1890 3 Jun 1938  
  ♦♦ Pittsburgh – McKeesport Electric  ? 1963  
  Port Vue Electric  ? 1919  
Washington and Canonsburg Railway Co. Washington Electric 1903 1909 Bought by Pittsburgh Railways
Pittsburgh Railways
Interurban Division
♦♦ Pittsburgh – Washington Electric  ? 29 Aug 1953  
  Pottstown Electric 189_ 1937  
  Pottsville Horse 1872  ?  
Electric 1890 1932  
  Punxsutawney Electric 189_ 1926 see also Du Bois.
  Reading Horse 1874  ?  
Electric 26 Nov 1888 17 Jan 1952  
Allenport & Roscoe Street Railway Roscoe Electric 1903 1906 Bought by Pittsburgh Railways
  Sayre Electric 190_ 1930  
  Scranton Horse 4 Jul 1867  ?  
Electric 30 Nov 1886 18 Dec 1954 see also Carbondale, Wilkes-Barre.
  Shamokin Electric 189_ 1929  
  Sharon Electric 1890 1939 see also Youngstown, Ohio.
  Shenandoah Electric  ?  ?  
  Stroudsburg Horse 187_  ?  
Electric  ? 1928  
  Sunbury Horse 1885 1890  
Electric 1885

30 May 1890

1885

11 Mar 1939

 
  Titusville Electric 189_ 1924  
  Warren Electric 190_ 1929  
  Waynesboro Electric  ?  ?  
  Wilkes-Barre Horse 25 Jul 1866  ?  
Electric Mar 1888 14 Oct 1950 see also Scranton.
  Williamsport Electric 189_ 1933  
  York Horse  ? Sep 1886  
Electric 1892 Feb 1939 see also Hanover.

Rhode Island

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Block Island Horse  ?  ?  
  Newport Electric 7 Aug 1889 1925  
  Providence Horse 26 May 1864 26 Apr 1894  
Cable 25 Dec 1889 26 Jan 1895  
Electric 20 Jan 1892 14 May 1948  
  Pawtucket Horse 26 May 1864  ?  
Electric 20 Jan 1892 11 May 1934 Service continued between Providence and Pawtucket to 26 Jun 1940.
  Westerly Electric 189_  ?  
  Woonsocket Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 25 Sep

1888

Dec 1887

1928

 

South Carolina

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Anderson Electric 19 Feb 1905 14 Nov 1934  
  Charleston Horse 15 Oct 1866 1897  
Electric 26 Jun 1897 10 Feb 1938  
  Columbia Horse 12 Oct 1886 1893  
Electric 3 May 1893 11 Mar 1927 Limited service, resumed because of court order, 9 Jan 1931 – 22 Nov 1936.
  Gaffney Steam 1892 1896  
  Greenville Horse 1875 1897  
Electric 1900 Oct 1937  
  Orangeburg Horse  ?  ?  
  Rock Hill Accumulator (storage battery) 24 Feb 1912 1918  
  Spartanburg Horse  ?  ?  
Electric 1900 27 Apr 1935 Service suspended 30 Dec 1922. Limited service restored (only one car in operation), 13 Jan 1923 – 21 Jul 1923. Full service resumed 1925.

South Dakota

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Aberdeen Electric Nov 1910 1922  
  Deadwood Horse  ?  ?  
  Hot Springs Electric  ?  ?  
  Pierre Horse  ?  ?  
  Rapid City Horse  ?  ?  
  Sioux Falls Electric  ? 1930  
  Watertown Horse  ?  ?  

Tennessee

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Athens Horse  ?  ?  
  Bristol Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
  Chattanooga Horse ca. 1875 1891  
Electric 23 Jun 1889 10 Apr 1947  
  Clarksville Horse 1888 1896  
Electric 1896 16 Jul 1928  
  Cleveland Horse  ?  ?  
  Columbia Horse  ?  ?  
  Jackson Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1939  
  Johnson City Electric 189_ 1931  
  Knoxville Horse 187_  ?  
Electric  ? 1 Aug 1947  
  Memphis Horse May 1866  ?  
Electric  ?

29 Apr 1993

1947

-

Reintroduced (Main Street Trolley) 29 April 1993.[27]
  Nashville Horse 186_  ?  
Electric  ? 1941  

Texas

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Abilene Electric  ? 1931  
  Amarillo Electric  ? 1940  
  Aransas Pass Mule  ?  ?  
  Austin Mule  ?  ?  
Electric 189_ 1940  
  Beaumont Electric 190_ 1937  
  Bonham Electric  ?  ?  
  Brownsville Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ? Connected Brownsville and San Benito
Electric 1915 1926  
  Cleburne Electric  ? 1917  
  Corpus Christi Mule  ?  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric 189_ 1934  
  Corsicana Electric 1902 30 Sep 1931  
  Dallas Mule 187_  ?  
Cable  ?  ? Construction started, not completed.
Electric 1890 15 Jan 1956 Reintroduced 22 July 1989 (heritage streetcar, the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority).[28] Light rail system opened 14 June 1996 (see DART Light Rail).
  Denison Mule 188_  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1931  
  Denton Electric  ? 1918  
  Dublin Mule  ?  ?  
  El Paso Horse Oct 1882 1902  
Electric 11 Jan 1902 1947 International tramway continued in operation until 1973.
International tramway El Paso – Ciudad Juárez, Chih., México Mule Oct 1882 1902  
Electric 11 Jan 1902 30 Jul 1973 Operation suspended Aug 1966 – Nov 1967, and Jul 1969 – Nov 1970 because of bridge reconstruction. Operation restored following closure, in El Paso only, 14 Nov 1973 – 4 May 1974.
  Fort Worth Mule 187_  ?  
Electric  ? 1939  
  Gainesville Mule  ?  ?  
  Galveston Mule 1867  ?  
Electric 1891 May 1938 Heritage tramway, diesel-electric traction (Galveston Island Trolley [29]), opened 23 Jul 1988.
  Greenville Mule  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 14 Dec 1918  
  Haskell Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ? Connected Haskell and Hemphill Lake.
  Hillsboro Mule  ? 1898  
Electric  ?  ?  
  Houston Mule 25 Jan 1868  ?  
Electric 14 Jun 1891 8 Jun 1940 Reintroduced (LRT, METRORail [30]) 1 Jan 2004.
  Lampasas Mule  ?  ?  
  Laredo Electric 27 Jan 1890 1934 First electric town tramway in Texas. Also operated international tramway line to Nuevo Laredo, México.
  Lockhart Mule  ?  ?  
  Longview Mule  ?  ?  
Electric 188_ 1925  
  Marshall Electric 188_ 1925  
  Matador Petrol (gasoline) 1914 1936 Connected Matador and Motley Junction
  McKinney Electric  ? 1926  
  Mineral Wells Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
Electric 1908 1920 System included line connecting Mineral Wells and Elmhurst Park
  Moscow Mule 1846  ? The opening year of 1846, which appears in a list of Texas town tramways published by the Texas Division, Electric Railroaders Association, is believed unlikely.
  Mount Pleasant Mule  ?  ?  
  Palestine Mule 1875 1877  
  Paris Mule 187_  ?  
Electric  ? 1926  
  Port Arthur Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1938  
  Rockport Mule  ?  ?  
  Rusk Mule  ?  ? Connected Rusk and New Birmingham. New Birmingham was located 3 km (2 mi) south of Rusk.[31]
  San Angelo Electric 1908  ?  
  San Antonio Mule  ?  ?  
Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 1933 First large U.S. town to replace all electric town tramway services with motorbuses.
  Seguin Mule  ?  ?  
  Sherman Mule 1877 1901  
Electric  ? 1931  
  Taylor Mule 1891 1899  
Electric  ?  ?  
  Temple Electric 190_ 1923  
  Texas City Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
  Tyler Electric 189_  ?  
  Uvalde Steam  ?  ?  
Petrol (gasoline)  ?  ?  
  Vernon Mule  ?  ?  
  Victoria Mule 1888 1894  
  Waco Mule 1878  ?  
Steam  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 3 Feb 1937  
  Waxahachie Mule 1892 1912  
Electric 1912 Feb 1928  
  Weatherford Mule  ?  ?  
  Wichita Falls Electric  ? 1934 System included line connecting Wichita Falls and Lake Wichita.
  Yubadam Mule  ?  ? Located near Tyler.

Utah

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Brigham City Electric 1907 1919  
  Logan Electric 1910 1926  
  Ogden Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 26 Dec 1935  
  Provo Electric Oct 1913 1919  
  Salt Lake City Horse 187_  ?  
Electric  ?

1941

1941

1945

Reintroduced (TRAX, LRT), 4 Dec 1999 (see UTA TRAX).

Vermont

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Barre Electric  ?  ?  
  Bellows Falls Electric  ?  ?  
  Brattleboro Electric 31 Jul 1895 29 Aug 1923  
  Burlington Horse 187_  ?  
Electric  ? 3 Aug 1929  
  Montpelier Electric  ? 1927 Connected Montpelier and Barre.
  Rutland Horse 187_  ?  
Electric  ? 1924  
  Springfield Electric 18__ 195_ Connected Springfield and Charlestown, New Hampshire.
  St. Albans Electric 190_ 1921  

Virginia

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Charlottesville Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1935  
  Danville Horse 1886 1888  
Electric  ? 1938  
  Fredericksburg Horse  ?  ?  
  Lynchburg Electric  ? 2 Mar 1941  
  Norfolk Horse 186_  ?  
Electric  ? 11 Jul 1947 Reintroduction planned (LRT, under construction; see Tide Light Rail).
  Newport News Electric 189_ Jan 1946  
  Portsmouth Electric  ? 1936.  
  Petersburg Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 1936  
  Radford Electric  ?  ?  
  Richmond Horse 186_  ?  
Electric 2 Feb 1888 1948  
  Roanoke Horse 188_  ?  
Electric  ? 31 Aug 1948  
  Staunton Electric  ?  ?  
  Tazewell Electric  ?  ?  

Washington

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Aberdeen Electric 1905 31 Jul 1932 Connected Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Cosmopolis.
  Bellingham Horse 28 Mar 1891  ?  
Electric 1891 1 Dec 1938  
  Chehalis Electric 1910 1929 Connected Chehalis and Centralia.
  Everett Electric 3 Jul 1893 1923  
  Olympia Horse 188_ 189_  
Electric 189_ 1932  
  Port Townsend Steam 18__ 189__  
Electric 1895 189_  
  Seattle Horse 23 Sep 1884  ?  
Cable 29 Sep 1888 9 Aug 1940  
Electric  ? 12 Apr 1941  
Electric 12 Dec 2007 - Reintroduced (modern streetcar) 12 Dec 2007 (see South Lake Union Streetcar).[32] LRT system (Central Link) opened 18 Jul 2009. See note below table.
  South Bend Electric 1911 Jun 1930 Connected South Bend and Raymond.
  Spokane Horse 188_  ?  
Cable 21 Sep 1889 22 Jul 1894  
Electric  ? 193_  
  Tacoma Horse 1888  ?  
Cable 4 Aug 1891 8 Apr 1938  
Electric  ?

22 Aug 2003

1938

-

Reintroduced (LRT) 22 August 2003 (see Tacoma Link).
  Vancouver Electric  ? 1927 see also Portland, Oregon.
  Walla Walla Horse 1890 1899  
Electric  ? 1926  
  Yakima Electric 25 Dec 1907 1 Feb 1947 Heritage tramway (Yakima Valley Trolleys) began operation 12 October 1974.

West Virginia

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Bluefield Electric 190_ 1936  
  Charleston Electric  ? 1939  
  Clarksburg Electric 1899 1939  
  Fairmont Electric 1900 1940  
Ohio Valley Electric Railway Huntington Electric 188_ 1938  
  Martinsburg Electric 189_ 189_  
  Morgantown Electric 1903 1934  
  Newell Electric  ?  ?  
  Parkersburg Horse 1889  ?  
Electric 1898 25 May 1947  
  Princeton Electric  ? 1940  
  Wheeling Horse 21 Jul 1886  ?  
Electric 15 Mar 1888 14 Apr 1948  

Wisconsin

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Wisconsin Traction Light Heat & Power Appleton Electric 1886 6 Apr 1930  
Ashland Light Power & Street Railway Co. Ashland Horse 29 Jun 1887 1893  
Electric 22 Jan 1893 25 Sep 1933  
Beloit Traction Beloit Electric 31 Jul 1907 12 Aug 1930  
Chippewa Valley Electric Company Eau Claire Horse 1880 1889  
Electric 15 Nov 1889 8 Apr 1932  
Chippewa Valley Electric Company Chippewa Falls Electric  ?  ?  
Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company Fond du Lac Horse 1888 1888  
Electric 20 Oct 1893

27 Jun 1899

1894

1931

 
Green Bay Traction Green Bay Electric 8 Jun 1894 17 Nov 1937  
Janesville Traction Janesville Horse 24 Jul 1886 27 Nov 1891  
Electric 24 Jun 1892 8 Jul 1929  
  Kaukauna Electric January 29 1902 from Appleton. 1904 from Green Bay. May 9 1928 Served by Wisconsin Traction Light Heat & Power from Appleton and Green Bay Traction. The two systems met in Kaukauna to exchange passengers but did not normally run through despite a physical connection.
  Kenosha Electric 1 Feb 1903 Jun 1931 Heritage tramway (Kenosha Electric Streetcar) opened 17 Jun 2000.[34]
  La Crosse Horse 1878  ?  
Electric 1893 1945  
Madison Railways Company Madison Horse 15 Nov 1884 30 Sep 1892  
Electric 1889 3 Feb 1935  
Manitowoc & Two Rivers Railway Manitowoc Electric 1902 9 May 1927 Also served Two Rivers
  Marinette Horse 1889  ?  
Electric 1891 1928 System also served Menominee, Michigan.
  Menasha Electric  ?  ? Served by Wisconsin Traction Light Heat & Power from Appleton.
Merrill Railway & Lighting Co. Merrill Electric 1889 1921 Also operated one of the earliest trolleybus lines from 1913
  Milwaukee Horse 30 Aug 1860  ?  
Electric 3 Apr 1890 2 Mar 1958  
Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company Neenah Horse 1880  ?  
Electric  ?  ?  
Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company Oshkosh Horse 18 Oct 1882 1897  
Electric 14 Jul 1897 21 May 1930 Omro was served by a line from Oshkosh
Chicago & Wisconsin Valley Portage Electric Jun 1913 1922  
  Racine Horse Oct 1883  ?  
Electric Nov 1892 1 Oct 1940  
Wisconsin Power & Light Sheboygan Horse 1886 1895  
Electric 27 Nov 1895 1935  
Duluth Street Railway Superior Horse 22 Aug 1887 1890  
Electric 1 Jul 1890 23 Jun 1935 System also served Duluth, Minnesota.
  Watertown Electric Jun 1926 Jul 1927  
Waupaca Electric Light and Railway Company Waupaca Electric 9 Jul 1899 4 Jul 1925  
Wisconsin Valley Electric Wausau Electric 1906 1 Oct 1940  
Wisconsin Rapids Street Railroad Wisconsin Rapids Electric 1 Nov 1910 15 Aug 1931  

Wyoming

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Cheyenne Horse  ?  ?  
Electric  ? 15 Aug 1924  
  Sheridan Electric  ? 1927  

See also

References

  1. ^ Old Pueblo Trolley
  2. ^ "Transit on the Move". Tucson Department of Transportation.
  3. ^ River Rail
  4. ^ Los Angeles County Metro Rail
  5. ^ Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line
  6. ^ LRT
  7. ^ San Diego Trolley
  8. ^ Muni
  9. ^ Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
  10. ^ Fort Collins tramway
  11. ^ Sun, Lena H. (July 13, 2008). "Transit Plan on Track". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/12/AR2008071201834.html. Retrieved 2009-02-22. 
  12. ^ Yale University Class of 1914, George Washington Patterson, Yale University
  13. ^ McGraw Transit Directory (1918)
  14. ^ Tebeau, Charlton W. (1957). Florida's Last Frontier: The History of Collier County. Copeland Studies in Florida History. Miami, Florida: University of Miami Press. pp. 129–130. LCC 57-12971. 
  15. ^ TECO Line Streetcar
  16. ^ River Street streetcar
  17. ^ Hennick, Louis C.; Charlton, E. Harper (1962). Louisiana: Its Street and Interurban Railways. 1. Shreveport, LA (US): Louis C. Hennick. pp. 31–32. 
  18. ^ Town History of Fryeburg, Maine.
  19. ^ Wyatt
  20. ^ O'Neill, Tom (August 18, 2001). "Exhibit commemorates the streetcar era". Cincinnati Enquirer. http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/08/18/loc_exhibit_commemorates.html. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  21. ^ a b c d e Thompson, Richard (2008). Willamette Valley Railways. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5601-7.
  22. ^ a b Labbe, John T. (1980). Fares, Please! Those Portland Trolley Years. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton. ISBN 0-87004-287-4.
  23. ^ Thompson, Richard (2006). Portland's Streetcars, p. 113. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-3115-4.
  24. ^ Smith, Virgil S. (27 Feb 1950). "Nostalgic Souvenir Hunters Crowd Streetcars on Final Portland Runs". The Oregonian.
  25. ^ Schneider, Fred W.; Carlson, Stephen P. (1983). PCC From Coast To Coast. Glendale, CA (US): Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-57-2. 
  26. ^ Rail openings (document in pdf format; scroll down to pages 36–38). (See also Port Authority of Allegheny County.)
  27. ^ Wilkins, Van (Spring 1996). "Heritage Trolleys in Memphis and Galveston". The New Electric Railway Journal (Free Congress Foundation). ISSN 1048-3845. http://www.heritagetrolley.com/TNERJMemphGalv.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-27. 
  28. ^ Young, Andrew D. (1997). Veteran & Vintage Transit, p. 76. St. Louis: Archway Publishing. ISBN 0-9647279-2-7.
  29. ^ Galveston Island Trolley
  30. ^ METRORail LRT
  31. ^ Rusk tramway
  32. ^ a b Seattle Times Staff (December 12, 2007). "Streetcar starts service". The Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004067638_webstreetcar12m.html. Retrieved 2009-06-13. 
  33. ^ Eskenazi, Stuart (April 11, 2008). "Waterfront streetcar: Is it gone for good?". Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004341603_streetcar11m.html. Retrieved 2009-06-13. 
  34. ^ Tramways & Urban Transit, September 2000, pp. 348–349. ISSN 1460-8324.