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Stampede City Streetcars by Hatcher Story of the Calgary Municipal Railway w/DJ
Stampede City Streetcars by Hatcher Story of the Calgary Municipal Railway
Stampede City Streetcars
The Story of the Calgary Municipal Railway
Colin K. Hatcher
Hard Cover w/ Dust Jacket (has damage)
88 Pages
Copyright 1975
Contents
Chapter
Foreword 3
IEarly Calgary 4
IIIntroduction of Urban Transportation 8
1909 Track Diagram 13
1912 Track Diagram 14
IVThe System Flourishes 21
VInnovative Change 37
VIAdjustment, Expansion & Rehabilitation 51
1919 1921 Track Diagram 52
VIIDeterioration of the Railway 63
VIII The Final Mobilization 73
Epilogue 81
Roster 82
Acknowledgements 86
Photo Credits 87
1946 Track Diagram 88
Inside front cover
Stampede City Streetcars is the story of electric street railway transportation in the city of Calgary, Alberta. The title is drawn from the annual summer event which has made the city's hospitality and spirit famous world-wide, the Calgary Stampede.
Calgary was founded in 1875, when the North West Mounted Police established a new fort Fort Calgary. A big boost for Calgary came eight years later, when the Canadian Pacific Railway building westward to the Pacific reached the Bow River in 1883. Calgary became an important centre for Canadian Pacific operations.
By 1909, Calgary boasted a population of 30,000 people. In July of that year, the Calgary Electric Railway began operations with two cars, sixteen employees and three miles of track. The system became known as the Calgary Municipal Railway the following year.
Through its forty years of street railway service, Calgary acquired passenger cars from such well-known Canadian builders as Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company, Preston Car & Coach, and Canadian Car & Foundry. In addition, the roster included used cars from several sources in the United States. Totalling 113 cars in all plus a scenic car it was an extremely difficult task to secure photos for this book. But most types are represented in the 137 photographs, including the work equipment. This category of 24 cars comprised sweepers, motor flats, box cars, portable substations, auxiliaries and a gravel dump car.
Several interesting illustrations by R. J. Sandusky are featured in Stampede City Streetcars, including the cover artwork showing the double broom Sweeper "A" built by Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company in 1913.
Tickets and transfers from various periods are also portrayed, plus a variety of photos to interest everyone with an interest in the development of Calgary as a city: the construction of "The Bay", early scenes in Bowness Park, and some views of streetcars serving seemingly unpopulated fields that today are thriving subdivisions.
Two additional items appear as separate colour inserts in an envelope bound into the book's back cover: a 1945 route map, and a cross-referenced listing of colour markers, roller signs and route numbers. Thus, you can remove them and refer to them while studying any page in the book.
Whether you're a railway enthusiast or simply interested in Calgary's history, you'll find Colin Hatcher's 88-page account of Stampede City Streetcars will give you many hours of fascinating reading.
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