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Denver’s Street Railways Volume 2 1901-1950 by Robertson & Cafky LOOSE MAP
Denvers Street Railways Volume 2 by Robertson & Cafky 1901-1950
Reign of the Denver Tramway LOOSE MAP
Hard cover with plastic covering
Copyright 2004
536 Pages
Indexed
LOOSE MAP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1. The Golden Era Begins, 1900-1905 13
Denver City Tramway in 1901 13
Two Substations Placed on Line 35
Standard-Gauge Dilemma63
A New Line to University Park28
Tramway Acquires New Cars37
A New Streetcar Line64
Myrtle Hill Line Near
A Special Chartered Streetcar51
Washington Park Line66
Washington Park 28
Seeing-Denver Tourist Service 51
Tramway's Four Divisions 67
Denver 8. Northwestern Railroad .... Initial Objective of the D&NW29
Trailers Placed in Service54
New Corporate Offices 77
29Tomlinson Automatic Coupler60
Electric Power Generation31
Two Idle Lines Are Revived61
New Work Cars in Service77
A New Central Powerhouse31
Streetcar Route Extensions 62
East Colfax Avenue Improved 82
2. The Great Expansion, 1905-1911 89
System Still Hungry for Power89
New Madison Street Line 132
New Cars, Trailers and a Sand Pit..160
Tramway Obtains Three Streetcars102
Mystery Line in East Denver133
Tramway Buys the D&IM162
Trolley Car Parties Held on18th Street Line Completed133Denver Hosts Street Railway
Tramway 104West 44th Avenue Line Extended ...135Convention163
New Electric-Power Substation 107Argo Line Extended & EastNew Cherokee Street Line 164
Funerals By Streetcar109End Rerouted136New Argo Substation Constructed .165
A Noteworthy Event 110Littleton Streetcar Line 136New Washington Park Line 165
New Franchise for Tramway110Line to Globeville 14416th Street Viaduct Extended 167
Proposed 1906 Extensions117Single-Truck Work Cars145Denver & Crown Hill Railway 169
Thirteen New Streetcars 120Cherry Creek Bridges Replaced148New Downtown Dispatcher's Office170
Thirty-Eight More Streetcars123Tramway Buys D&NW Line148Administration and Car Storage171
Building Franchise Extensions 123Two Lines Receive Single-End Cars148Tramway's New Downtown Home173
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Relocation of 25th Avenue Line 126
New 11th Avenue Line127Harman Route Extended 157Electromagnetic Track Switches182
Thirteenth Avenue Line132Single-Truck Sweepers Arrive 157More Streetcars and Trailers 184
New Line on East 6th Avenue132Sweepers & Cars 300-324 Arrive158New Box-Motor Switcher Cars188
3. The Weather Strikes, 1912-1915 195
New Streetcar Line to Valverde 195Trackage Opened on 15th Street214New Colfax-Larimer Viaduct220
Additional Improvements Made.......199More Snow Dumped on Denver215Increased Use of Automobiles 223
Great Cherry Creek Flood199New Service to Aurora and Montclair217William Evans Bows Out224
The Tramway's New Substation 207
Incredible Snowstorm of 1913 209New Tramway Cars and Equipment218Return to Denver Tramway Name ...229
The Tramway Grinds to a Halt213Route Changes Made in 1914 219New General Manager 231
4. War and Tragic Strikes, 1916-1920 233
Route Numbers for Tramway 233Tramway's Trailer Assignments264Cars Trashed on Downtown Street.277
New Route-Numbering System233New Streetcars for Littleton 268Four Cars Overturned on Colfax 279
Tramway Company Publications233Montclair Carhouse is Sold268The Denver Post Building Sacked ..280
Pay-As-You-Enter (PAYE) System ..233The Wages of War270Cars Attacked on 40th Avenue281
New Route Numbered 39 237The Tramway Labor Situation272Streetcars Not Seen Anywhere282
New Storage Yard for Track Dept...246Restlessness in the Ranks272East Division Carhouse Attacked ...282
A New Concrete Train 250Unionization of Tramway Workers..273National Guard Called In283
New Type of Transfer 256All is Fare in Denver273Denver Tramway Strike Ends...........283
New Loop at Union Station 259First Strike and City Council274New Tramway Employees Hired ......284
Denver Tramway Work Motors 261Council Votes Down Fare Increase.274Strikers Give Up 285
Denver Tramway's Sand Car262A Bloody Second Strike274Reflections on Strike's Causes 286
Tramway Builds Trailer Cars263Tramway Tries to Break Strike 277New Loop on East Colfax Avenue ..288
5. Trolleys and Trailers, 1920-1927 289
Tramway Submarines 761-762 294Fifty New Streetcars Built314Special Car .01 Converted344
Route Changes May 20, 1920 297Conversion to One-Man Operation ..323New Work Cars from Old Cars344
New Sweepers298More Route Changes332Warfare Over Fares349
New Electrical Substations 298A New Color Scheme332
The Alameda Material Yard 30116th Street Viaduct Rebuilt 339Tramway Becomes Corporation350
Safety Cars Built for Fleet 306Still More Route Changes340Denver & South Platte
The Last New Streetcar Line310Eighteenth Street Line Eliminated ..340Grinds to Halt 351
The Last of Older Equipment311"Trailer Hounds"341A New Company President351
6. The Buses Roll In, 1928-1946
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The Automobile Takes Over356Trailers: The Final Breath367The Trolley-Coach Option385
South Division Expansion 359Trailer Locations in 1937 369Trolley Coaches Announced388
Duplicated Lines are a Problem 359Salary and Wage Cuts 371Streetcar Route Abandonments ......390
A New Proposal 360Aurora Route Cut Back 372Routes Prepared for New Coaches.392
Major Changes Take Place362Tramway Buses a Mixed Lot375Trolley Coaches Arrive in Denver...393
Another New Bus Route363First Motor Coach Garages 376
Barnum Route Transferred363Cherry Creek Floods Again376Trolley Coaches Begin Operation...394
Great Depression Years 363The Short Life of Route 44 378The Remaining Two-Man Cars403
More Route Changes 364Unionization Takes Place 37835 Two-Man Cars Scrapped 405
Further One-Man Conversions 365Modernization ....381Modernizing the 800-Series Cars ....420
7. The Bells Fade Away, 1945-1950 425
Last Route 50 Streetcars 425Brill Coaches Received 450GM Diesel Buses Arrive 467
Tramway Modernization 427Two More Streetcar Conversions....452More Streetcar Lines Converted 467
Route 28 Streetcars 430Marmon-Herrington Trolley Coaches ..454Route 8 Streetcars 472
Fitzsimon Buses Moved439Route 61 Streetcars 455Route 3 Streetcars 484
Route 64 Streetcars 464
Route 40 Streetcars 440One-Way Streets Designated 462Route 14 Streetcars 488
Route 6 Streetcars 444Tramway Racial Integration464Route 10 Streetcars 494
Timetable for Abandonment451New Tramway President 464Route 72 Streetcars 497
New Electric Substation451Diesel Buses to the Rescue464Route 5 Streetcars 503
INTRODUCTION
By Don Robertson
DENVER'S STREET RAILWAYS is the fruit of my lifetime interest in the streetcars that ran in and out of the city of Denver, Colorado.
My fascination began when I was a child. My paternal grandfather, Howard S. Robertson, was the president of the Denver Tramway Corporation, Denver's streetcar company. My father, Donald Robertson Sr., was following in his father's footsteps, and by starting out in the legal department of the company, he became the Tramway's general attorney. However, instead of going on to become president of the Tramway like his father, he instead became one of the founding members of Denver's current transit agency, the Regional Transportation District (RTD).
As a small child, streetcars were my only real connection with my father. Not being much of a get-down-on-the-floor-and-play-with-the-kid kind of guy, streetcars and trains were our only mutual indulgence. He secretly liked trains, but that was something he would never admit. He used to take me on Sunday automobile rides, and we would spmehow always end up racing alongside a thundering Union Pacific Northern steam locomotive as it headed out of Denver, or driving along an abandoned narrow-gauge right-of-way.
My dad also liked to take me with him to his office in the Tramway Building, at 14th and Arapahoe streets, if he had to go there on a Saturday, and I would go downstairs to the carhouse to visit the trolley coaches and streetcars slumbering inside. There always was a kind of a profound stillness there in the darkened caverns of the carhouse. Normally active and filled with people, the quiet streetcars instead were alone and vulnerable. I would check each car to find one with a door that had been left open, and then climb aboard to look around. Other times, Dad would return from work in the evening with a surprise for me, a model bus painted Tramway colors from some Eastern bus company, a picture of a streetcar or a trolley coach, or copies of the Tram Topics Magazine.
My love for Denver's old yellow streetcars was genuine, and I looked forward to every
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