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Time was, Boston trolleys were part of the horsey set
By adamg on Sat, 12/05/2015 - 10:14am
Horse cars in Park Square around 1880. Photo from the BPL.
Kimberly Arleth at the Massachusetts Historical Society recounts the days of horse railroads in Massachusetts and wonders if they would have fared better over the past winter than our current electrified trains.
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Just say'in
Remember, it took years for the family of Quackser Fortune to teach him to sing out "Horse Dung for Sale!"
Maybe not
One reason the Great Boston Fire of 1872 spread out of control is that the Boston Fire Department's horses were all sick with the flu.
Ayup
So we'll give all the trolley horses flu shots!
the brown line
the brown line
Probably not
I can't find it at the moment but I've seen an old Boston photo of a group of people struggling to right a horse which had slipped on street ice. It's hard to imagine that horses have any easier of a time dealing with snow and ice than electric trains or hydrocarbon-fueled cars and buses.
When engines really died
coughed, and sputtered.
wonders if they would have
Might be a lil unfair to the horses.
Reminds me of a story I was
Reminds me of a story I was told at work one time, from a nurse who'd been working the hospital for 40 odd years - during 78, none of the docs could get in (or the ones who'd been there overnight, out). Except for two, who came in on their horses. As one of the junior nurses and with the hospital running in emergency mode, she was sent outside every so often to check on the animals while the docs got to work.
wow
looks like I see a couple bros .....lol