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Tuesday, March 4, 2008 The First -Ever Developed Street CarsSetting up this blog goes with the purpose of sharing my thoughts about beautifully designed automobiles. Some of you may have different views on these great automobiles, but let me take you through my mind and allow me to share with you how I view these auto designs and concept cars. If you are one of the many fast car enthusiasts, you gotta read this. Have you been counting on how fast you are driving? Oh boy, if you own the fastest street car on the planet, you could have been taking a flight on the road. That is how street cars can take you into a ride. And this is probably the reason why street cars are also called “fast cars”. Alright, before we take a flight into the latest street cars on the planet, let us first look back and gather some thoughts on the history of street cars. Did you know that there was such thing called, omnibus? If this is the very first time that you heard about it, you better read further. Omnibus was the first mass transportation vehicle in While horse-drawn carriages were already roaming around Years after, Omnibus had been subjected for improvement. It was still a horse-drawn car, but the only difference was that this car had to roll along special steel rails than the regular street. And just the same, its wheels were also made out of steel and were carefully crafted so these won’t roll off the rails. This car was also much larger than the omnibus so more passengers can get inside the car. So how did these horse-drawn streetcars have transformed into real streetcars of today? You have to be grateful for the development of “cable”. Yes, my dear readers, cable was the first major attempt made in
Finally, this new streetcar which is better known as cable during those times ran under city streets from one end of the streetcar line to the other. It was spliced into a big loop and was kept moving by a huge steam engine which features massive wheels and pulleys housed at the side of the street in a powerhouse. All these streetcars have paved the way to the improvement of today’s latest street cars on the planet. And watch out for the next post as I will be discussing more about great streetcar designs available. Labels: Cable Cars, Fast Cars, history, omnibus, Street Cars, Streetcars
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