With the E-book, we are not attempting to duplicate anything covered in B-146, which mainly showcases color photography. That will give the reader a very clear idea of how badly the system was in need of improvement and modernization, a factor in the process by which CTA ultimately decided to eliminate streetcars. On top of that, we are adding another section of photographs to the book covering Chicago’s rapid transit system as it appeared early in the CTA era. to it, and the material from the Trapp Collection is a tremendous addition, which we are very grateful to have. We have already added numerous photos, maps, etc.
One advantage that an electronic book has over a printed one is that more information can be added to it as things become available.
#2819 ROCKWELL ST CHICAGO 1930 FLATS OLD PHOTOS PDF#
My more recent E-book, available on a data disc in PDF format, is intended as a very unofficial supplement and companion to that noble work.
In my humble opinion, B-146 is a fantastic bargain and a great value for the money, and I urge you to get a copy if you have not already done so. I would be remiss if I did not mention that Trolley Dodger Press is not affiliated with CERA. While I am proud to be a co-author of that work, B-146 is available directly from the publisher. That book contains hundreds of great color photos and is a must-have for anyone who is interested in the subject, or even anyone who is interested in knowing what Chicago’s disparate neighborhoods looked like in a bygone era. Of course, the deluxe hardcover book Chicago Streetcar Pictorial: The PCC Car Era 1936-1958, published in June by Central Electric Railfans’ Association, is the premier volume covering the rise and fall of the modern streetcar in the Windy City. Since there are too many to post all at once, check this space in coming days from further installments in this series. Trapps’ photos are an embarrassment of riches. Trapp has been collecting these type of pictures for nearly the last 50 years, and has let us borrow some of them so that we might feature them here and add them to our electronic book Chicago’s PCC Streetcars: The Rest of the Story, which is available through our Online Store. Nearly all of these are previously unknown to me.
Thanks to the incredible generosity of George Trapp, we now have close to another 150 images of Chicago PCC streetcars that we can post. If people are willing to share their material with us, and this seems to be happening with increasing frequency, it is probably because our previous 80 posts have shown that we are serious about the original research we are engaged in, and sharing it with you. Since we started this enterprise at the beginning of this year, I believe I have learned as much from you as vice versa, and today’s post is but the latest example of how that can work to everyone’s benefit. I like to think of this web site as a collaborative effort with our readers. Despite being numbered lower, 4061 was delivered 10 months later. Car 4062, the next in sequence, was built by Pullman and was the first postwar PCC delivered to Chicago Surface Lines. Other photos taken in this area show the shoofly in use during 1952. In this area, the “L” ran just north of the highway. The old Garfield Park “L” at rear remained in service until the new Congress median rapid transit line opened in June 1958. A shoofly is under construction to divert streetcars around the site where a bridge will soon be built for the Congress expressway. Louis Car Company, heads southbound on route 8 – Halsted near Congress.
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