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Trolley Book Collection (10) [128143]

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Trolley Book Collection (10)  [128143]
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A collection of 10 publications about trolley cars. Included are "Interurban Without Wires" by Edmund Kielty. Detailed survey of both major and minor manufacturers of railcars in the United States, showing steam, gas, streamlined, lightweights and rarities. Includes rosters. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and schematic diagrams. With index. This is Interurbans Special 66 and was followed by "The Shortline Doodlebug," IS 99, which provides a state-by-state guide to all the lines that used doodlebugs, complete with rosters. Next, "The Time of the Trolley" by William Middleton. Originally published in 1967 in one volume, The Time of the Trolley was reissued in 1987 (the centennial of trolleys in the US) by Golden West Books in three revised and expanded volumes. This is Volume 1 in that series, covering the street railway from the original horsecars to the new light rails. Middleton describes how the humble horse car was replaced by Frank Sprague's perfection of the electric street railway which dominated municipal transportation until Henry Ford. Four volumes of Middleton's "Traction Classics." This series covers the freight service that many interurbans developed to help increase revenue. Some handled only a modest package business but several expanded into carload interchange with connecting railroads and other interurbans. They often combined good service with innovative equipment and operating practices to make interurban freight service a surprisingly successful business. This volume discusses these freight services in detail as well as the equipment itself: box motors, freight trailers, Baldwin-Westinghouse locomotives, GE locomotives, Illinois Traction and Illinois Terminal locomotives, Oklahoma Railway's steeple cabs, Oregon Electric's four-truck locomotives, and different items built in-house. Dust jackets intact, but there are small tears. There are a couple of other publications included. Please see photos for more detail and condition.

Date: 1800's-1900's
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