Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

[healey36]

A Jewett steel car, as manufactured by the Jewett Car company of Newark, Ohio, for the Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company, 1917:



One of fifteen cars, seven with baggage compartments, eight with smoking compartments, all with white enameled saloons with running water.

Looks like the top of the line.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

LVT #953

[healey36]

Horse car, Denver, Colorado, 1903:



Guy appears to be looking for the horse.

Library of Congress.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Horse car, Denver, Colorado, 1903:

Think I posted a postal card of that car and horse a long time ago....

Guy appears to be looking for the horse.

Or he's taking a whizz.......

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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[healey36]

Looks like flood damage. Any idea of the location?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks like flood damage. Any idea of the location?

Erie, Pa

[healey36]

Captioned "Baltimore, Maryland. The yard of the Washington terminal, maintenance plant of the Baltimore Transit Company. From left to right: old trolley made into a smoker for employees; a work car; and old horse car. The Baltimore Trust building on the horizon."

Library of Congress.

[healey36]

Captioned "Baltimore, Maryland. The yard of the Washington terminal, maintenance plant of the Baltimore Transit Company. From left to right: old trolley made into a smoker for employees; a work car; and old horse car. The Baltimore Trust building on the horizon."

I suspect this is a photo of the shops located on Washington Blvd. in southwestern Baltimore.

Library of Congress.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Neat photo!

[healey36]

Hmmm...not sure how I managed to post that twice.

[J. S. Bach]

Captioned "Baltimore, Maryland. The yard of the Washington terminal, maintenance plant of the Baltimore Transit Company. From left to right: old trolley made into a smoker for employees; a work car; and old horse car. The Baltimore Trust building on the horizon."
I suspect this is a photo of the shops located on Washington Blvd. in southwestern Baltimore. Library of Congress.

The "smoker" was actually a grounded 7000-series trailer, an idea that was not too successful in Baltimore. As an aside, one survived into at least the late 1970s as a fruit and vegetable stand the streetcar museum may have gotten it, or parts of it..
Note that the Washington Blvd facility is still in use a bus garage still known as Bush Division, named for the cross street just to the north of the row of shop buildings. There was a transfer table between two of them; the closest one and the next one to the north. The view faces north, btw.
Also note that trackless trolleys based there until 1959.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[healey36]

Some fabulous static grass in that pic!