Didn't know where to post this, but here's a vid from circa 1950 with a streetcar, with narrative, heading down Oak Street to Marpole. Man, Oak Street was just a sparsely developed rural road at the time!
Not the same 6-lane Oak Street that I travel into downtown Vancouver!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x_I5M94ChyA