Images of Rail: Brooklyn Trolley Cars from the BRT to the B&QT Book
by James Clifford Greller
Rare black and white historical photographs from the Edward B. Watson collection featuring open and closed cars along with their various stages of rebuilding are collected here. This rare photographic work is accompanied by drawings of most of the major orders of cars, a complete 1904 track map of all of the Brooklyn and Queens traction lines along with roller sign layouts of each type car and complete roster of preserved cars.
Hardcover; 360 pages
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Description / Images of Rail: Brooklyn Trolley Cars from the BRT to the B&QT Book
by James Clifford Greller
Rare black and white historical photographs from the Edward B. Watson collection featuring open and closed cars along with their various stages of rebuilding are collected here. This rare photographic work is accompanied by drawings of most of the major orders of cars, a complete 1904 track map of all of the Brooklyn and Queens traction lines along with roller sign layouts of each type car and complete roster of preserved cars.
Hardcover; 360 pages
What's The Story
| In the summer of 1854, the Brooklyn City Railroad opened four separate streetcar lines. The lines were introduced here several years before they were brought to larger cities, such as Baltimore, Boston, and Philadelphia, demonstrating the city's modernization and ingenuity. From its first introduction, Brooklyn had one of the nation's largest urban transit systems. With the advent of streetcars, the population in Brooklyn grew from about 139,000 to over 2.5 million by the time streetcars were retired. The street railway blended mobility with innovation, prompting one-third of New York City's population to call Brooklyn home. |
