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Freight trolleys in the back, passenger trolleys in the front.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

the British Columbia Electric Railway ran electric trains until the '40s when tire rubber made buses so attractive that they swapped reliable climate-conscious trains for buses fighting the light and traffic and smelling the place up.

The trains were mixed-use on the same train, with light freight in the back. They ran from the north shore to Chilliwack, pretty much. We've yet to replicate that.