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The G. C. Kuhlman Car Company was a leading American manufacturer of streetcars and interurbans in the early 20th century. [1] The company was based in Cleveland, Ohio . The Kuhlman Car Company was founded in 1892 [ 1 ] by Gustav C. Kuhlman (c.1859-1915), his father and three other brothers.
Cleveland street railways in 1900 Like most large cities in the United States , there existed a large network of streetcars in Cleveland in the first half of the 20th century. The streetcar lines in Cleveland , Ohio were operated by the Cleveland Railway , which was formed in 1910 with the merger of two companies.
The Cleveland Railway Company was the public transit operator in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1910 to 1942. The company began operations with assets of the former Forest City Railway, which operated from 1906 to 1909. The company owned a fleet of PCC streetcars.
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.
In many cities, streetcars drawn by a single animal were known as "bobtail streetcars" whether mule-drawn or horse-drawn. [2] [3] By the mid-1880s, there were 415 street railway companies in the U.S. operating over 6,000 miles (9,700 km) of track and carrying 188 million passengers per year using animal-drawn cars.
Multiple electric streetcars operated in Rock Island before consolidation into the Tri-City Railway & Light Co. in March 1906. Tri-City Railway & Light Co. [63]: 226 ♦ Rock Island ― ♦ Moline ― Silvis ― Milan ― ♦ Davenport (Iow.) Electric Interurban 1895 April 15, 1940 Illinois Power Company: Springfield: Horse 1865 ? Electric
Pages in category "Streetcars in Illinois" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railroad; Chicago City Railway;
When Clark stopped building railroad equipment in 1952 PCC trucks were no longer available, Boston and Cleveland then used non PCC trucks with 28 in (710 mm) wheels. Chicago ordered the first of 770 (720 + 50 double-ended) 6000-series cars in 1948 (before the standard, which they influenced), Boston (40, then later 100) in 1950, and Cleveland ...