In 1927, the “Toonerville Trolley” streetcar service from Houston to the then suburban community of Bellaire was replaced with bus service.  A sad day for public transportation.  The Trolley was designed to bring prospective buyers to Bellaire and to make Bellaire accessible from Houston.  A brochure mentioned a 30 minute trip from Houston, though there were those who remembered it sometimes took more like 2 hours for a round trip.  There was only one trolley in service at a time and it was #124, dubbed the Toonerville Trolley.  The last Trolley car sits uselessly in the Paseo Park median of Bellaire Blvd where the trolley lines used to run.  The City tries to keep the Trolley spirit alive with the Trolley 5K Run and Trolley Tunes concerts in the park.