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The Cleveland Railway converted a few streetcar lines in the 1930s, but the onset of World War II stopped any further conversions. In 1942, the Cleveland Transit System took over the operation of all streetcar, bus and trackless trolley lines from the Cleveland Railway. Following the war, CTS undertook a program of replacing all existing ...
PCC streetcar 4201 in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1950s - later sold to Toronto Transportation Commission and re-classed as TTC A11 car 4626. The Cleveland Railway Company was the public transit operator in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1910 to 1942.
State /Province Heritage streetcar system Year opened Year last expanded System length Stops Lines Type of vehicle Dallas USA TX: McKinney Avenue Transit Authority: 1989 2015 [126] 4.6 mi (7.4 km) 40 1 [various] El Paso USA TX: El Paso Streetcar [127] 2018 [128] n/a 4.8 mi (7.7 km) [128] 27 [128] 2 [127] restored PCC streetcars [127] Little ...
The site's carhouse and inspection shop were adjoining structures at the southeast corner of Cleveland and Reynolds Avenues. The carhouse was the largest of five in the streetcar system, and about a third of the streetcar staff were employed there in 1918. [8] It measured 88 by 360 ft., and was made of brick with a steel roof and concrete floor ...
The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to the convictions of General Motors (GM) and related companies that were involved in the monopolizing of the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and subsidiaries, as well as to the allegations that the defendants conspired to own or control transit systems, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
The outreach association coordinated tours of the abandoned subway tunnels for 13 years. The story of Cincinnati's subway can go back to roughly 1910 when government officials started its planning.
On Monday, Jan. 16, 1860, she stepped on a platform to board a Cincinnati streetcar operated by the City Passenger Railroad Co. The white conductor ordered her to leave, but she refused, claiming ...
A diamond (♦) symbol denotes a system that operates or operated in the same area as another independent system. Names and cities of currently operating systems appear in bold on blue backgrounds. Interurban and light rail systems are denoted in the Type column, which is left blank for the far-more-plentiful streetcar systems. (Some pre-1970s ...