York Railways Company
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York Railways Company
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York Railways Company
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Organized 1907 by a merger of York County, Pa., electric railway companies originally controlled by York Traction Co.; last run of trolleys in York was in 1939; purchased all stock in York Bus Co.; chartered in 1931; reorganized under bankruptcy in 1937; streetcar operations ceased in 1939; sold York Bus Co., 1941 and continued to own electric power and steam heat; liquidated in 1946; succeeded by Metropolitan Edison Company.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/125942553
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr93043542
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/nr93043542
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Accidents
Bus lines
Real property
Street-railroads
Street-railroads
Trolley car lines
Urban transportation
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Pennsylvania--York County
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Pennsylvania--Dallastown
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Pennsylvania--York
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