Galveston, Tex.'s City Council, in a 6-to-1 vote Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, approved proceeding to re-establish the citys 6.8-mile diesel trolley car operation, which was discontinued in 2008. Galveston ...

1866 Galveston gets first streetcars in Texas, pulled by mules. 1891 First electric trolleys. 1900 Hurricane levels Galveston, killing 6,000 people. 1938 Trolley line discontinued. 1988 Trolley ...

Fans of light rail in Galveston can breathe easy again. The island's famed rail trolley will return Oct. 1 after a 13-year service gap. In 2008, Hurricane Ike brought 12 feet of storm surge to the ...

In Galveston's heyday as a 19th-century financial center and booming port city, electric trolleys ran down the lushly planted esplanade on Broadway Boulevard, rolling past palm trees and stately .