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History of Baltimore's Streetcars, The by Michael Farrell Hard Cover
The History of Baltimores Streetcars by Michael Farrell
Hard cover
Formerly published as Who Made All Our Streetcars Go?. With additional material by Herbert Harwood Jr and Andrew Blumberg.
Copyright 1992 FIRST EDITION.
312 pages. Indexed
Contents
Acknowledgments 6
Introduction 7
The History (1859-1992)
First There Was City Passenger 12
Oden Bowie Tightens The Reins 22
Druid Hill Was The Magnet 26
An Iron Web 34
The Lines Called Frick 41
The Minor Companies 44
Professor Daft And His Motors 52
`Rapid Transit' Comes To Town 59
Showers Of Electric Sparks 69
After Years Of Change, A Lull 74
And Then There Were Three 81
From Out Of The North 86
At The End Of A Line 91
The 76 Million Dollar Deal 96
The United 102
Built To Last 112
A Fateful Fifteen Years 117
A Valiant Try - But 126
Bankrupt! 136
A Last Brilliant Flare 142
Lost Streetcars And Part-Time Motormen 152
Under An Asphalt Blanket 158
The Closing Days 162
Ghosts Of Streetcars Past 168
New Management And A Metro 174
The Streetcar Comes Full Circle 182
Preserving The Past 190
Full-Color Pictorial History Of Baltimore Streetcars 201
Streetcar Vignettes
It Took More Than Cars 218
The Storm 226
The Accident 232
The Trestle 236
Of Parks And Parties 240
Carrying The Mail And Express 249
"The Hoodoo Car" 252
The Folklore Of The Street Railway 256
Random Notes From Bygone Days 260
The Art Of Abandonment 266
The Lemming Strain Was Strong 272
Brill Semi-Convertibles 278
Articulated Units And Permanently-Coupled Trains 285
The Peter Witt Cars 290
Rosters
The Baltimore Streetcar Museum Historic Equipment Roster 200
Passenger Car Roster United Railways & Electric Co./Baltimore Transit Co. 1922-1963 294
Glossary 296
Bibliography 300
Index 303
It seems particularly appropriate that Mike Farrell's birth was announced in the United Railway's house organ, Transit Topics, January 1926: Motorman M. Farrell, Roland Park Line, is the proud daddy of a little baby boy.
This brief note was all the United ever had to say about Mike; however, in the present book he wrote at considerably greater length about the United.
An accountant by profession, he became a skilled amateur photographer; this interest led hint to join the Baltimore Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. He contributed articles to the Bulletin of the Society and other railfan journals. Later on, he became a member of the Baltimore Streetcar Museum, where he served as Treasurer and Trustee.
Mike was married to Norma Jean Shelby in 1962. They had two children-Julie and Stephen. He died on March 23, 1976 after a brief illness.
His major work was clearly the Baltimore street railway history, a project of the Baltimore Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. While much of the preliminary study had been done by other Chapter members, it required six years of painstaking research and two more of writing and rewriting to bring the work to cornpletion. The original title, Who Made All Our Streetcars Go?, indicates his intent to deal with the people involved as well as the technical aspects-to appeal to average Baltimore residents as well as railfans.
This book represents probably the most ambitious project ever undertaken by the Baltimore Chapter. Mike's dedication as a volunteer author was the key factor which made it possible. The Chapter owes him a debt which can never be repaid.
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