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1. 100 years of capital traction: The story of streetcars in the Nations Capital - King, LeRoy O., Jr.

   History of the street car system in the Nation's Capital. It covers the horsecars, cable cars, and early electrics; search for an alternative to overhead trolley; growth of the system; the cars of the 1940s and 1950s; abandonment and an illustrated roster of the cars. The book is signed by the author. Scale drawings are by Andrew Maginnis. Frontispiece is by Howard Fogg.

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2. Electric railway journal news

   Vol. 3, Saturday, November 21, no. 35 Contents: Twenty-five cent Sunday-holiday pass in Cleveland; Rapid Transit discussion revived in St. Louis; $700,000 for new cars in Washington; Court holds congress has right to revoke permits; Operator sought for subway now standing idle; New high-speed service by Philadelphia & Western; Western Ohio Railway files petition for abandonment; Pick-up and delivery by interurban; Fonda bond plan approved; Cinci...

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3. Electric railway journal news

   Vol. 3, Saturday, August 08, no. 24 Contents: Calumet District companies pass to W. J. Cummings; $100,000 Fort Wayne improvement under way; Trolley bus installation proposed for Pawtucket; Major operation proposed under M.O. in Seattle; New bus terminal arrangements in Indianapolis; Women boost trolley-using campaign; A new Washington deal reported; Omaha fare hearing Sept. 15 - newspaper vote; Suggests railway be co-operative enterprise; Forecl...

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4. Electric railway journal news

   Vol. 3, Saturday, November 14, no. 34 Contents: Seattle Municipal must eliminate political plays; Lord Ashfield is named to Canadian Board of Inquiry; Plan staggering Detroit hours; Ottawa Electric Railway presents strong case; Criticising the critic in St. Louis; Suburban electricfications increase speed 20 per cent; Chicago property owners protest; Employees back Wheeling Railway; Bus franchise prospects not bright; New Racine-Kenosha service ...

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5. Electric railway journal news

   Vol. 2, Saturday, August 16, 1930 No. 24 Contents: Key system readjustment now in full effect; Chicago orders fifteen more trolley buses; Fare increases help both railways in Washington, D.C.; Terminal work at St. Louis; Cleveland's two-cent zone experiment to continue; Executive committee entertained by Barron Collier; Slight decrease in passengers carried; New cars ahead for Indiana interurbans; Maryland Association plans cruise; Re-financing ...

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6. Electric railway journal news

   Vol. 2, Saturday, September 20, 1930 No. 28 Contents: Eight-year record of Detroit Municipal reviewed; Helping the shipper of milk; Cincinnati stabilizing fund dips; August passenger decrease 10.79 per cent; Chicago "L's" ten-cent fare upheld; Taxi relief in Washington uncertain; Former Indiana Union Service suspended; Ohio Road to abandon service partially; A National safety representative urged; California companies increase $1,453,164; Unific...

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7. Historical Bulletin

   Article: The Kensington Line by LeRoy O. King Sr.

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8. Traction Heritage: Selections from 1936 Transit Journals

   Traction Heritage consists entirely of reprints of various articles, photos, diagrams, and illustrations from historic electric traction publications. This periodical contains reprinted selections from Transit Journals (c. 1936). Vol. 7, November 1974, No. 6 Main articles: Seattle Rehabilitation Planned; Revised Franchise Adopted at Portland; New Cars for Third Avenue System; What's Happening to Transit in San Francisco by C. W. Leihy; ...

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