Twin Cities by Trolley : The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul /

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The recent development of light rail transit in the Twin Cities has been an undeniable success. Plans for additional lines progress, and our ways of shopping, dining, and commuting are changing dramatically. As we embrace riding the new Hiawatha light rail line, an older era comes to mindthe age whe...

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Autores principales: Diers, John W. (Autor), Isaacs, Aaron, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Street-railroads.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > History.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
Street-railroads > Minnesota > Saint Paul Metropolitan Area > History.
Street-railroads > Minnesota > Minneapolis Metropolitan Area > History.
Minnesota > Saint Paul Metropolitan Area.
Minnesota > Ramsey County.
Minnesota > Minneapolis Metropolitan Area.
Minnesota > Hennepin County.
Minnesota.
Minnesota > Histoire > Ouvrages illustres.
Minnesota > Histoire.
Minnesota > History > Pictorial works.
Minnesota > History.
Ramsey County (Minn.) > History.
Hennepin County (Minn.) > History.
Pictorial works
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Glossary of streetcar terms
  • Introduction
  • 1. From horsepower to electric power : the early years
  • 2. More tracks to more places
  • 3. Trolleys to the country : Lake Minnetonka and Stillwater
  • 4. From profit to penury : the trolley vanishes
  • 5. Made in Minnesota : the "Tom Lowrys"
  • 6. Service, courtesy, safety : working for the company
  • 7. Trolleys in your neighborhood : everywhere by streetcar
  • Intercity lines
  • Como-Harriet-Hopkins and Oak-Harriet
  • Selby-Lake
  • St. Paul-Minneapolis (interurban)
  • Minneapolis lines
  • Bryn Mawr
  • Glenwood
  • 6th Ave. N.
  • Plymouth
  • Broadway
  • Robbinsdale
  • Penn and Emerson-Fremont
  • Washington Ave. N.
  • 2nd St. N.E.
  • Monroe
  • Central
  • Johnson
  • Northwest Terminal
  • Franklin-11th
  • E. 25th St.
  • Minnehaha Falls-St. Snelling
  • Cedar-28th Ave. S.-34th Ave. S.
  • Bloomington
  • Chicago
  • 4th Ave. S.
  • Nicollet
  • Grand
  • Bryant
  • St. Louis Park
  • Kenwood.
  • St. Paul lines
  • West 7th St.
  • Randolph
  • St. Clair
  • Grand
  • Rondo
  • Hamline
  • Snelling
  • Dale
  • Western
  • Rice
  • Jackson
  • Mississippi
  • Payne
  • Forest-Phalen Park
  • Hazel Park-Mahtomedi
  • Hope
  • Maria
  • So. St. Paul
  • S. Robert
  • Stryker
  • Cherokee Hts.
  • Epilogue : Conspiracy theories
  • Appendixes
  • A. Twin City Rapid Transit ridership totals
  • B. Lake Minnetonka rail operations
  • C. Stillwater rail operations
  • D. Twin City Rapid Transit Company subsidiaries
  • E. Stand-alone bus routes
  • F. Bus conversion dates
  • G. Roster of passenger cars built at 31st Street and Snelling shops, 1898-1927
  • H. Twin City Rapid Transit work equipment
  • I. Twin City Rapid Transit shops and carhouses, 1872-1954
  • J. Maps of the track systems of the Minneapolis Street Railway Company and the St. Paul City Railway Company
  • K. Maps of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company bus lines
  • L. Twin City Rapid Transit present plan of organization, January 1950
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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