GREENFIELD & MONTAGUE TRANS.AREA.STREET RYS OF CONNECTICUT.NRHS CVC Nos.60-62 !

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Your bid is for a National Railway Historical Society, Inc., Connecticut Valley Chapter, Inc., TRANSPORTATION BULLETIN, Nos.60, dated October-November-December 1959; No.60 (61?) dated January-February 1960; and No.62, dated March-April 1960. This hardbound book measures a standard-sized 22.1 by 28.7. TB No.60 features 12 pages on “A Municipal Transit Operation”, The Greenfield & Montague Transportation Area street railway that operated between these two small Massachusetts cities (Turners Falls is a village in the town of Montague) from 1924 to 1934. An excellent foldout map will get you oriented. The carbarn is still in use by the Franklin Regional Transit Authority to service its fleet of buses. And most of the rail lines shown on the map are still in use. A roster of rolling stock is included, along with 15 photographs and a 1931 timetable.
TB No.61 (typo-reads 60) is titled “Public Utilities Commission Reports, 1931-1948” THE STREET RAILWAYS OF CONNECTICUT. This covers 4 pages with various statistics as to miles of track, numbers of closed cars, open cars, misc., plows and sweepers. Then goes on to 4 pages of The Tramways of Bari, Italy, that includes another nice map. TB No.62 THE STREET RAILWAYS OF CONECTICUT. “Introduction to Notes from Special Acts of the General Assembly. This covers some 24 pages and includes 14 photos of various vehicles over the years. Street railways are listed with the date of their charters, those that lapsed, and mergers, etc.
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