electric streetcar trolley book | The safety car Wilmerding USA 1923

Safety Car Devices Company

Rare electric streetcar, trolley book | The safety car, Wilmerding Pa USA 1923, The Safety Car Devices Company of St. Louis, 31 pp. Illustrated, publication 9059.

Name: Rare electric streetcar, trolley book | The safety car, Wilmerding Pa USA 1923, The Safety Car Devices Company of St. Louis, 31 pp. Illustrated, publication 9059.
SKU: BB110156
Price: 175.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Original paper binding with illustration of safety car with the year 1923 on it. Binding slightly damages on the top right corner. Interior in good condition. Made by the Safety Car Devices Company. With a map showing cities in the USA in which Safety Cars are operated.

In the 1910’s and 20’s, economic pressures and the rise of the motorbus produced dramatic changes in the streetcar industry. A promising solution to ensure profitability was the introduction of the so-called “Safety Car” designed by Stone and Webster Corp. engineer Charles O. Birney. This type of small trolley featured several innovations, including “deadman” controls that automatically cut power to the motors and applied brakes in an emergency. The main attraction for transit companies however was the fact that the cars’ design allowed a man to both run the car and take fares. The elimination of the conductor without any apparent compromise in safety sold the public on the cars and produced an immediate cost savings.

Railway – transportation – transport – trolley – tram – trolleybus – streetcar

SKU: BB110156

Een trolleybus is een door elektromotoren aangedreven bus die van spanning voorzien wordt met behulp van een tweedraads bovenleiding. Trolleybussen rijden op gelijkspanning. De rijdraad aan de rechterkant is nul, de andere rijdraad is plus.

€ 190,75 (€ 175,00 ex. btw)

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