Kenneth C. Springirth
Author of East Broad Top Railroad
About the Author
Kenneth C. Springirth, the author of 37 books on railroads and trolley car lines, has an interest in rail history as his father was a street car motorman in Philadelphia, and his grandfather was a street car motorman in Washington D.C. A native of Philadelphia, he commuted to Drexel Institute of show more Technology (now Drexel University) in Philadelphia by trolley car, subway, and sometimes commuter rail graduating in 1962. show less
Works by Kenneth C. Springirth
North American trolleys 7 copies
Viewing Pennsylvania trolleys, 5 copies
Trolleys of the English speaking world : includes systems in Australia, United States, Canada, England, and Isle of Man (1978) 4 copies
Erie to Cleveland by Trolley 2 copies
New York 1 copy
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The coming and going of small trolley systems from about 1890 up until Henry Ford and his friends knocked them out of service is the same story just spun a bit differently each time. The second version of this is the buying up of trolley lines by subsidiaries of GM, etc, so more busses can be sold.
In this particular version, the writing is fun to read as the author was taking excerpts from local papers and there is some fun writing going on here. It's an enjoyable set of stories for this area.
In this particular version, the writing is fun to read as the author was taking excerpts from local papers and there is some fun writing going on here. It's an enjoyable set of stories for this area.
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- Works
- 38
- Members
- 138
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- Rating
- 3.6
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- 1
- ISBNs
- 35