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Trackless Trolley Years, The A Milwaukee Transport Era by Russell E. Shultz SC
Trackless Trolley Years, The A Milwaukee Transport Era by Russell E. Shultz
The Trackless Trolley Years
A Milwaukee Transport Era
Interurbans Special 74
Russell E. Shultz
Soft cover
130 Pages
Copyright 1980
Contents
1 The Trackless Alternative9
The Merrill Trolley MotorWisconsin Motor Bus LinesThe Lincoln Avenue ProposalKenosha's Trackless System
2 Trackless Debut17
Opening the North Avenue Line-35th and Forest Home LinesHolton Street LineThe Walnut Street and South Milwaukee Proposals-8th-Muskego Line
3 War Years 37
Clybourn Street LineCenter Street LineWartime Restraints
4 Prosperity 57
Route 20 Extended to North MilwaukeeThe Third Street LinesThe Coverdale & Colpitts Report
5 Surplus Trolleys 71
New OwnersOakland-Delaware LineVliet-National Line
Special TrippersSpecial Paint Schemes
6 Status Quo83
Trackless Trolley Retirements BeginExtensions Never Made
Trackless Line DisruptionsOperating Stations CloseSchuster's Christmas Parade
7 Final Years 93
Diesel vs. Electric CostsThe Case for DieselsThe Conclu-sion-ConversionFond du Lac Lines Changed OverRoutes 14 and 20 ConvertedConversion Program CompletedTrack-less Trolley Fantrips
Chapter Notes 106
Appendix
The Transport Company Route History 108
Trackless Trolley and Car Distribution109
Car Station Diagrams 110
Trackless Trolley Roster 112
Index 127
System Map131
Back Cover
BEER may have made Milwaukee famous, but it was Transportwith a capital Tthat kept its citizens mobile. Milwaukee had everything in public transportation: streetcars, interurban trains, rapid transit, buses; and it had one of the largest trackless trolley fleets in America. In this book, Russell Schultz focuses on the Transport Company's trackless trolley years (nearly three decades). The atmosphere of the Cream City and its many modes of travel is superbly captured with text, photos (many from company archives), maps of the routes, reproductions of schedules and more!
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