California car (streetcar)
A California car is a type of tram including both an enclosed seating compartment and a roofed seating area without sides. These cars were popular in California's mild Mediterranean climate[1] offering passengers a choice of shaded outdoor seating during hot weather, or more protected seating during cool or rainy weather.[2] California cars are operational on the San Francisco cable car system.[3]
Sources
- ^ Minnich, Ben. "Los Angeles California 521". Seashore Trolley Museum. New England Electric Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ Burg, William (2006). Sacramento's Streetcars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 0738531472.
- ^ "California Street Cable Car Roster". Cable Car Museum. Friends of the California Cable Car Museum. Retrieved 21 October 2018.