Hobbies: The Motorman's Friends

"Granddaddy, how did people get around before there were buses?"

"Well, we had sort of trains called trolleys that ran on tracks in the middle of the street . . ."

"Granddaddy, why did they call them trolleys?"

"Well, they had these long things at the back, and when the motorman . . ."

"Granddaddy, what's a motorman?"

Don't despair, Granddad. As of right now, from Maine to California, the lit tle blister can be scooped up and taken out to any one of more than a dozen trolley museums. He can see the long,...

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