Buses, Trolleys and Trams
Author : Chas S. Dunbar
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,35 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Buses
ISBN : 9780600004479
Author : Chas S. Dunbar
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,35 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Buses
ISBN : 9780600004479
Author : Charles Stuart Dunbar
Publisher :
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 17,28 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Buses
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Author : Charles Dunbar
Publisher :
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 26,9 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Buses
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Author : David Sadowski
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,51 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : 1467126810
Chicago's extensive transit system first started in 1859, when horsecars ran on rails in city streets. Cable cars and electric streetcars came next. Where new trolley car lines were built, people, businesses, and neighborhoods followed. Chicago quickly became a world-class city. At its peak, Chicago had over 3,000 streetcars and 1,000 miles of track--the largest such system in the world. By the 1930s, there were also streamlined trolleys and trolley buses on rubber tires. Some parts of Chicago's famous "L" system also used trolley wire instead of a third rail. Trolley cars once took people from the Loop to such faraway places as Aurora, Elgin, Milwaukee, and South Bend. A few still run today.
Author : Charles S. Dunbar
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Page : pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 1968
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Author : Gino DiCarlo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 16,1 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738562612
When it came to first-class transportation, not many regions of North America had more to offer than the trolley lines of New Yorks Capital District. From their humble beginnings as horse roads forming belts around Albany, Schenectady, and Troy, these trolley lines helped move people around Upstate New York from the late 1800s until their final exit after World War II. The lines of the United Traction Company, Schenectady Railway, and the Hudson Valley Railway provided hundreds of miles of track around their home cities, as well as direct routes to resorts in the Adirondacks, Lake George, and Saratoga Springs. The trolley lines became famous for disasters that made national headlines, labor disputes, and engineering wonders that included the longest trolley bridge in the world. The vintage images in Trolleys of the Capital District provide insight into an era gone by and an often forgotten form of transportation.
Author : Oliver Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 45,18 MB
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1784422495
From the horse-drawn trams of the nineteenth century to the larger electric models of the early twentieth, this reliable form of public transport revolutionised town travel by making it affordable enough for working people to use. From the 1930s, the rise of the trolleybus, which also picked up power from overhead cables but ran without expensive tracks, looked set to supersede the tram – but ultimately, by the 1950s, both fell victim to motor buses and private cars. However, since the 1980s the environmental benefits of light rail have encouraged a growing comeback for trams on our crowded and polluted city streets. Using beautiful contemporary photographs, this is the fascinating story of the rise, fall and revival of this everyday, yet sometimes controversial, mode of urban transport.
Author : Ian Gollan Cooper
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,26 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Trolley buses
ISBN : 9780909459222
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 34,2 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738538112
Waterbury Trolleys traces the growth and expansion of the streetcar system throughout the Naugatuck Valley. This system became part of the Connecticut Company's extensive streetcar network, spanning 1,138 miles statewide at its peak in 1918. As automobiles became a primary mode of transportation, the streetcar lines in Waterbury transitioned to bus routes. By 1937, streetcars were officially replaced by buses. This wonderful collection of vintage photographs documents the network of streetcars that once thrived in Waterbury.
Author : Martin W. Sandler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 18,18 MB
Release : 2003-09-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0190285206
A riveting look at the evolution of transportation in American cities, Straphanging in America begins with an examination of the horsecar and omnibus, then traces the extraordinary impact of the cable car, elevated railway, interurban, and subway on city life -- and the nation. Capturing people's imaginations with its "magical" use of electricity, trolley cars made pollution-free, inexpensive, mass urban transportation possible and created suburbs. Interurbans connected cities, spawned new towns, and made overland travel a national pastime. Subways solved the problem of street congestion. Beyond the effects on landscape, urban transport unified cities as people of all economic backgrounds rubbed elbows. Vividly illustrating America's urban transformation, Straphanging in America captures the excitement of a nation and its burgeoning technology.