https://www.baltimoresun.com/featur...0220910-xc3xgqapljgt7pxbgpkdrfmfca-story.html
(There may be a paywall, but I think they let you read a couple of free stories a month.)
It was powered by a third rail using a separate motor car. It was pretty successful, but it was rendered obsolete by Frank Spraque's trolley wire system in 1889 that is still being used.
(There may be a paywall, but I think they let you read a couple of free stories a month.)
It was powered by a third rail using a separate motor car. It was pretty successful, but it was rendered obsolete by Frank Spraque's trolley wire system in 1889 that is still being used.