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Title |
Traction Heritage: Selections from 1940 Transit Journal |
Summary |
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 Journal (c. 1940). Vol. 01, May 1968, No. 03 Major articles: Trolley Bus Has Record Year (Survey); In Every Place It's Different (Various Operations) by John A. Miller; They Can Take It (Pittsburgh PCC's); Ads to Sell Transit Anywhere (Everywhere); Third Ave. System to Go All-Bus (New York City); 80,000,000 Miles Prove Their Worth (PCC's) by E. A. Palmer; Modern Equipment Helps Meet Emergency Conditions (Indianapolis) by C. W. Chase; Sugar, Pineapples and Sailors (Honolulu); P. E. Starts New Streamliners (Los Angeles); Building Sales Appeal into 15 Year Old Street Cars (Philadelphia) by R. F. Tyson; Exhibit of Electric Railcars (New PCC's); For the Duration (British War Conditions) by W. Vane Moreland Other articles: Cars Remodeled for Today's Needs (Birmingham); Curve Clearance Marking (Survey); Curtains for Operators (Survey); News Photos from Everywhere; Automatic Interlocking (Pittsburgh) by R. C. Sutton; Trolley Bus on Stilts (Detroit); Rebuilding for Tomorrow (Lehigh Valley Transit); Washington Modernizes Cars; Modernizing the Rail Lines (New Cars of 1939) Plus many more interesting traction items. |
Edition |
Vol. 1, No. 3 |
Subjects |
Electric railroads -- United States -- Periodicals. Electric railroads. Street-railroads -- United States -- Periodicals. Street-railroads. United States. |
Publisher |
Vane A. Jones Company |
Published Place |
Indianapolis, IN |
Published Date |
1968 |
Physical Description |
11 3/4" x 8 1/2" 50 p. |
Search Terms |
Automatic Interlocking Birmingham Electric Company Capital Transit Company Electric railroads General Motors Corporation Honolulu Rapid Transit Company Leeds City Transport Lehigh Valley Transit Company Pacific Electric Railway Company PCC Cars Pittsburgh Streamliners Street railroads Third Avenue Railway System Trolley Buses World War II |
Collection |
Dr. Fred Bonte Collection |
Object Name |
Periodical |
Call# |
PER TRA 1968 |
Catalog Number |
CP.2011.CL.11-219 |