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Overview

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 Media's 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 Philadelphia's western suburbs.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780738550435
  • ISBN-10: 0738550434
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
  • Publish Date: August 2007
  • Dimensions: 9.15 x 6.6 x 0.35 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.71 pounds
  • Page Count: 128

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