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[2] [3] The company introduced electric buses two years later [2] and was acquired by the newly formed New York Transportation Company in 1899. [1] They introduced a fleet of 15 of their own motorbuses in 1907 that operated along Fifth Avenue and on some crosstown routes. [2] [4] The company became independent of the New York Transportation ...
Pages in category "1950s in transport" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1951 in ...
The 4000-series PCC was a rebuilt PCC streetcar used by the Port Authority of Allegheny County.Originally designed by the Presidents' Conference Committee, a group of transit operators in the United States and Canada, the 4000's were a series of PCC cars completely rebuilt from cars built in 1949 by the St. Louis Car Company for Port Authority's predecessor, Pittsburgh Railways.
The provision of public transit service was becoming increasingly unprofitable in the 1950s and 1960s, [2] and cities across the country were municipalizing their transit systems or creating regional public transit authorities. SEPTA acquired the Philadelphia Transportation Company in 1968, taking possession of PTC at noon on September 30, 1968 ...
July 1, 1950 West 25th (Broadview branch) 20 Bus July 2, 1950 Present — Became Bus # 67 Now part of Bus # 35 June 17, 1950 Lorain (West 140th to Puritas) 22 Bus June 18, 1950 Present — Became Bus # 85 Now Bus # 22 again March 25, 1950 Kinsman 14 Trackless trolley September 6, 1950 October 19, 1962 Bus
Pages in category "1950 in transport" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. S. List of ship launches in 1950
Streetcars in Kansas City were the primary public transit mode during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, like most North American cities. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Kansas City, Missouri once had one of the most extensive streetcar systems in North America, but the last of its 25 streetcar routes was shut down in 1957.
The Calgary municipal railway, in 1946, when streetcars fell from favour. This 1947 photo shows a soon to be retired streetcar passing a new electric trolley bus, the kind of vehicle that would replace it.