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The Time of the Trolley – The Street Railway from Horsecar to Light Rail – Volume one. By William D. Middleton

Published by Golden West Books. Copyright 1987 – ISBN #87095-098-3

Hardcover book with dust jacket. Both are in good condition – no markings. Illustrated with black & white photos. 238 pages

Traction expert Middleton tells about how the humble horsecar initiated America’s adventure in rail transit. He then explores the inventive genius of Frank Sprague, who perfected the eletric streetar that was to dominate municipal transportation until the time of Henry Ford. Middleton mixes trolley technology with life aboard the cars, and brings the story up to the time of new light rail systems of the 1980s and also includes the trolleymuseums where the heritgfe of the past has been preserved.

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