The history of streetcar service in Kalamazoo began in 1885, first with horse drawn streetcars and then the city electrified the service in 1893 until 1932.
Anybody under the age of 50, maybe older, probably has no idea what a street car. It was one of the original people movers, a bus before buses. And this week, the first new one will be delivered to start serving downtown Detroit next spring..