NYCTS Bus & Trolley Coach Fleet 1946-1958 Book
All the buses and trolley coaches purchased from the City of New York from 1946 to 1958 are featured in this book. Each series is covered through interior and exterior, color and black and white photographs in addition to history and technical information.
by James Clifford Greller
|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.|