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Kenneth C. Springirth

Autore di East Broad Top Railroad

36 opere 107 membri 1 recensione

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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 mostra altro Technology (now Drexel University) in Philadelphia by trolley car, subway, and sometimes commuter rail graduating in 1962. mostra meno

Comprende il nome: K.C. Springirth

Opere di Kenneth C. Springirth

East Broad Top Railroad (2008) 11 copie
Trolleys of the Gem City (1969) 5 copie

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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.… (altro)
 
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ulmannc | Nov 2, 2021 |

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Opere
36
Utenti
107
Popolarità
#180,615
Voto
½ 3.7
Recensioni
1
ISBN
33

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