Suburban Philadelphia trolleys / Kenneth C. Springirth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Springirth, Kenneth C.

Series:

Images of rail

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Red Arrow Division.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.

Philadelphia Transportation Company.

Philadelphia and Western Railway Company.

Trolley cars--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--Pictorial works.

Trolley cars.

History.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Pictorial works.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia Suburban Area (Pa.)--History--Pictorial works.

Philadelphia Suburban Area (Pa.).

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2007]

Summary:

The Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company prospered through the hard times of the 1930s and was the last privately-owned trolley system in the United States. Aerodynamically designed Bullet cars of the Philadelphia and Western Railway dramatically reduced travel time on the Sixty-ninth Street to Norristown line. The Presidents Conference Committee trolley cars of the Philadelphia Transportation Company linked the boroughs of Darby, Colwyn, and Yeadon with Philadelphia. Photographs of Medias 1977 town fair feature vintage trolleys in the only suburban community in the United States with a trolley line ending in its main street. Suburban Philadelphia Trolleys covers the history of the trolleys that served Philadelphias western suburbs.

ISBN:

9780738550435

0738550434

OCLC:

154698920

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