 Electric streetcar service in Fort Collins began on December 29, 1907.The first local street railway service had actually begun on August 8, 1907, temporarily using a steam locomotive borrowed from the Colorado and Southern Railway, hauling four elderly passenger coaches, on a newly constructed single-track line along Mountain Avenue.True electric trolley/streetcar service was inaugurated with the formal dedication of the new street railway system, on December 29 of the same year.