Short History of DC Street Cars

Short History of DC Street Cars

Washington Railway and Electric Company Photograph, Leonard Rice Collection, NCTM Collections - Info in link

We begin our Trolley Time blog with a brief history of street cars in the Nation's capital. This booklet, written by Wesley Paulson & Ken Rucker in 1995, is a concise illustrated history covering  everything from the omnibus era to the very last day of street cars in 1962. Click Here to open.

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Capital Transit No. 1563 on the Cabin John Line. Photo by Guy Span, and used with permission.