Electric Tram

The electrically driven car has almost entirely supersceded the old fashioned horse drawn tram. The first electric tram car was run at Leytonstone, Essex in 1882. The trolley pole seen atop most electric cars has nothing to do with the actual driving of the car, but simply conducts the electricity from the overhead wire through the motorman's switchbox, to the motor beneath the car. - There is a border around the image. Image size is correct. Many sizes available.