John F. Tucker transit history collection, 1895-2002 (bulk, 1920-1990).

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John F. Tucker transit history collection, 1895-2002 (bulk, 1920-1990).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122516070

The John F. Tucker Transit History Collection consists of official documents produced or used by Mr. Tucker during his career as a public transit official, records of the pre-SEPTA private transit companies that he preserved from loss or destruction, and materials collected out of his interest in the history of transit systems, particularly electric traction. The collection documents the evolution of the Philadelphia transit system, its extent, routes and services in some detail, with complementary information on the transit systems of other large North American cities. The collection contains a number of important studies and publications from the administration of Thomas E. Mitten (1912-1929). There are also maps, bus schedules (1981-1991), railroad timetables (1975-1997), equipment inventories, and a nearly complete route history arranged by routes (1978). "Service Changes" (1923-1964) is a series of passenger handouts covering route and service changes. There are also reports relative to the purchase of PTC by SEPTA in 1968 and the takeover of commuter rail service in 1982-1983, and a press kit for the 1984 closing of Reading Terminal and the opening of the Center City Commuter Tunnel. Material on the development of air rights over the 30th Street rail yards includes a copy of the master plan by Dan Peter Kopple & Associates and Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham and a preliminary architectural design by Charles W. Moore.

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