Toledo Trolleys (OH) (Images of Rail) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Kirk F. Hise, Edward J. Pulhuj
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
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Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0738541044
Dewey Decimal Number: 977
EAN: 9780738541044
ASIN: 0738541044
Publication Date: November 1, 2006
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Product Description
The Toledo interurbans last ran in December 1949. The interurbans were a great loss to a city that was a major transportation hub in its own right. They would be replaced by buses, but nothing could replace the feeling of riding a trolley to work or taking the family to a movie by trolley. Today there is very little that remains of the interurban lines. Sometimes the old rails are visible when street repairs are being made. Toledo Trolleys was written to preserve the rich history of the trolleys that served citizens faithfully for many years.
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Magnificant Collection of Photographs January 13, 2007
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The earliest photograph in this book is dated 1874 and shows a one-horse sleigh, and behind it a horse drawn car of the Monroe Street Line. The horsecar line was converted to electricity and operated until 1949. This is a magnificant collection of photographs of the trolleys that served Toledo during those years.
It is both interesting and educational to look at the trolley cars. But perhaps it is even more so to look at the backgrounds of the pictures. You can watch the buildings of Toledo grow during these years. You can see the early years of horse drawn sleigh, and wagons giving way to early and then later automobiles.
Unfortunately 1949 came along, and the trolleys were converted to buses. Here are pictures as the trolleys were being scrapped. With the current price of fuel for the busses (and of course going up), I wonder if someone somewhere in Toledo isn't wondering if scrapping the trolleys was such a good idea.
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