John Barry streetcar and bus memorabilia.

Organizational History In 1902, after having consolidated East Bay streetcar lines for almost a decade, Francis Marion "Borax" Smith formed the San Francisco, Oakland & San Jose Railway. This company provided ferry service from San Francisco to a ferry pier in Berkeley, then to points in the East Bay cities of Oakland, Berkeley, and Alameda via electric trains. The Berkeley ferry terminal was at the end of a three-mile long wooden trestl...

Cumberland County Power and Light Co.

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Cross Transit Corporation.

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United Railways Company of St. Louis

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Eau Claire Transportation Company.

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British Columbia Electric Railway Company

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The British Columbia Electric Railway Company was formed in 1897 through the amalgamation of a number of electric street railways and electric power facilities in Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster. The BCER operated numerous subsidiary companies to provide streetcar and electric services. In 1926 a corporate reorganization resulted in the establishment of a new holding company, British Columbia Electric Power and Gas Company. From the description of British Columbia Electric Ra...

Twin City Lines (Firm : Minn.)

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Honolulu Rapid Transit Company.

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North Sacramento Stage Lines.

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United Traction Company.

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Sacramento Northern Railroad

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Fresno City Lines.

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Mt. Lowe Railway.

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Kansas Power and Light Company

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Tidewater Southern Railway

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Southern Pacific railroad company

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...

Sacramento City Lines.

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Queens-Nassau Transit Lines.

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Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston, Mass.)

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The Boston Elevated Railway Company was established in 1894 and replaced successively by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in 1947 and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in 1964. From the description of Memorandums from the general manager to the Board of Trustees, 1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83030561 ...

Sacramento Transit Authority.

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Baltimore Motor Coach Company.

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Cincinnati Street Railway Company

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Los Angeles Transit Lines

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California Street Cable Railroad Company.

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Metropolitan Coach Lines.

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International Railway Company (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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The International Railway Company was incorporated on Feb 21, 1902 with W. Caryl Ely as president. In 1950 the IRC ceased operation in Buffalo. From the description of International Railway Company photographs, 1937 Feb 9-1946 Jul 20 : Walbridge Building, 43 Court St., Buffalo, N.Y. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 29601594 ...

Biddeford and Saco Railroad Company

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Street-railroad company in Maine. From the description of Monthly reports, 1906-1911. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70973860 ...

New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company

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Uncanoonuc Incline Railway.

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Philadelphia Transportation Company

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The Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) was incorporated in Pennsylvania on January 1, 1940, by the merger of all the bus, streetcar and subway companies in the city of Philadelphia, with suburban routes extending to Doylestown in Bucks County and Chester and Media in Delaware County. On September 30, 1968, it sold all its assets to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) a public agency and went into liquidation. Philadelphia's first horse-d...

Johnstown Traction Company

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Market Street Railway

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Boston Elevated Railway Company

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The Boston Elevated Railway Company was established in 1894 and replaced successively by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in 1947 and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in 1964. From the description of Newsletter--Co-operation, 1922-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122521238 ...

Toronto Transportation Commission

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Baltimore Transit Company

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Northern Massachusetts Street Railway Company.

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Pacific Electric Railway Company

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The Pacific Electric Railway was established in Southern California by railroad and real estate tycoon Henry E. Huntington in 1901; by 1911 it was the largest interurban electric transport system in the nation with over 1000 miles of track. The first interurban line constructed by the Railway ran from Los Angeles to Long Beach, and opened in 1902. In 1905, Huntington opened the Pacific Electric Building at 6th and Main Streets in Los Angeles which served as the terminal for many of the interurba...

Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad Company

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San Diego Transit System.

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Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company.

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Waukesha Transit Lines, Inc.

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Saskatoon Municipal Railway.

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Tyler Transit Company.

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San Francisco Municipal Railway

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Schenectady Railway Co.

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Georgia Power Company

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Georgia Power, a unit of Southern Company, has been providing electricity to Georgia for more than a century. Georgia Power website- About Us/History http://www.georgiapower.com (Retrieved August 4, 2009) From the description of The Empire State, 1922-1931. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 429055779 ...

Ogden Transit Company.

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Oahu Railway and Land Company

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Bay Area Electric Railroad Association (Calif.)

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Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company.

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Public Service of New Hampshire.

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Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad

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Railroad which ran between Braintree and Cohasset, Massachusetts, from 1849 to ca. 1878. It then became part of the Old Colony Railroad. From the description of Records 1871-1872. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18242829 ...

Central California Traction Company

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Conestoga Transportation Company.

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Western Pacific Railroad Company

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Incorporated 1916. From the description of Western Pacific Railroad Company train register volumes and stock certrificates, 1941, 1945-1953. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 74986194 Transcontinental railroad company operating in Nevada and other states; organized in 1903. From the description of Western Pacific Railroad Company train registers and stock certificates, 1941-1953. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 12394527...

Stockton City Lines.

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Pittsburgh Railways Company

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Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRC) was originally chartered in 1900 as the Southern Traction Company. By 1902, the PRC became the operating manager of 193 street railways properties owned or controlled by the Philadelphia Company, Consolidated Traction, United Traction and Southern Traction. The latter three companies were merged to form Pittsburgh Railways. Although beset by continuing financial problems and declining ridership during the depression years, in 1936 and 1937 Pittsburgh Railways pl...

St. Louis Public Service Company.

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Montreal Transit Commission.

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San Jose City Lines.

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Jacksonville Coach Company.

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Barry, John

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San Antonio Public Service Company.

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Laconia Street Railway.

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Gardner-Templeton Street Railway Company.

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Nashua Street Railway.

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Chicago transit authority

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Yonkers Railroad Company.

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Topeka Transportation Company.

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Worcester Street Railway Company.

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South Pacific Coast Railroad

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Winnipeg Electric Company.

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London Transport Executive

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Capital Transit Company

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The Capital Transit Company, a street railway company, was formed in 1895 in Washington, D.C. Its merger in 1933 with the Washington Railway and Electric Company led to the formation of the Capital Transit Company and with all street railways in Washington under one management. The company continued to provide service until 1956 when its franchise was revoked. It was succeeded by D.C. Transit which was mandated to provide an all-bus system of public transportation in the city. By 1962 streetcars...

Pasadena & Los Angeles Electric Railway.

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Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company

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The Northwestern Pacific Railroad runs between Marin and Humboldt Counties in California, much of it following the course of the South Fork of the Eel River. It was founded in the late nineteenth century as a joint venture of the Sante Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads. Portions of the railroad remain in operation in 2012. From the guide to the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company records, 1908-1974, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) ...

Quincy Western Railway Company.

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Los Angeles Railway

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The Los Angeles Railway Corporation, formed in 1910, was the final result of various mergers and consolidations of the numerous local and interurban railways which developed in Los Angeles and adjacent communities. From the description of Records of the Los Angeles Railway Corporation, 1887-1938. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122570780 ...

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