Tramcar (Wildwood)
The Tramcar is a trackless train service running on the Boardwalk in the Cape May County, New Jersey communities of Wildwood and North Wildwood. The service, which began on June 11, 1949[1], takes passengers along the two-mile long Wildwood boardwalk. Service is available at all points along the boardwalk, from the beginning at Cresse Avenue to the end at 16th Avenue in North Wildwood.
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The Tramcar is colored yellow and blue, though sometimes contains other colors due to advertisements. It is well known for the phrase "Watch the tramcar, please," a pre-recorded alert voiced by local Floss Stingel in 1971 to clear the tramcar's path. The tramcar fare is $2.50 as of June 10, 2010. Operating hours are 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. The Tramcar started running five years after the boardwalk was made.
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- At a haunted house ride at one of the piers, there is an old tramcar at the side of the track that has a skeleton in it. The skeleton then says "Watch the tramcar, please!!". It is a parody of the Wildwood tramcars.
- Each tram car runs on a 36 DC-volt battery that weighs more than 2,000 pounds. The batteries are charged each night and can run for about seven or eight hours at a time.
- Several of the tram cars running on the Boardwalk are the same ones that were built for the 1939 World's Fair in New York City.
- The famous "Watch the tram car, please" voice is that of Wildwood resident Floss Stingel. She recorded the alert back in the early 1970s.
- A round-trip tram-car ride takes approximately 1 hour.
- The tram cars carry about half a million people up and down the Boardwalk each year.
- From 1998 to 2000, Wildwood hosted the annual Great Tram Car Race between entertainers Al Alberts and Cozy Morle
[edit] External links
- Insightful Information about the history and impact of the Tramcar
- More information
- Happy 60th Birthday, Tram Car!
- Tram Cars Ease the Walk in Wildwood
- Wildwood Boardwalk Tram Car
