City Transit Buses of the 20th Century (A Photo Gallery)
by William Luke, Linda Metler
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Author: Linda Metler, William LukeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-16
ISBN: 1583881468
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Iconografix
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Book Review: What a Great Bus Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have an interest in buses, this is definitely the book for you! It has such an array of photographs, many of very good quality. There's double deckers, a fishbowl on rails, and pictures of UMTA's transbus entries from the 70's. Never knew that in the 90's, Northrup Grumman tried to enter the bus business. Nor did I know that there was a "non-electrically powered RTS trolley bus" running in Dayton, Ohio (to clear the wires for the real trolleybuses).
The only thing missing from what I can tell is NYCTA's double decker experiment from the 1970's. But overall, this is a fantastic photographic look at American transit buses!
Summary of City Transit Buses of the 20th Century (A Photo Gallery)
Motorized buses, usually open-top double deckers, began appearing on the streets of the main large cities in the United States in the early 1900s. In 1902, the first bus began regular passenger service on Fifth Avenue in New York City. During the 1930s more than 500 cities discontinued streetcar service and substituted buses or trolley cars. Bus manufacturers like ACF-Brill, Fageol, Twin Coach, Ford, Flxible, Mack, Yellow Coach, General Motors, Reo, White, Fitzjohn, and many others played an important role in the development of transit buses, while federal mandates, acts, and funding contributed to the development of the transit systems in cities across the nation.Pictorial Books
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