‘Timetable Firsts’ exhibit reveals impactful moments in 20th century transportation history
Posted March 10, 2023
Printed timetables were, by definition, ephemeral. Airline and railroad schedules were regularly updated, and with the release of a new timetable, the previous edition...
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Trucking By Electricity: The Fleet of the New York Edison Company
Posted January 11, 2023
The New York Edison Company was the largest provider of electricity in New York City in the 1920s, employing a fleet of several hundred...
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Electric Vehicles of the Early 20th Century
Posted June 5, 2017
In the Transportation Library, we have the opportunity to assist the faculty and students of Northwestern University’s Transportation Center with cutting-edge interdisciplinary transportation research, while at...
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Crossing the Desert in an Armchair
Posted March 14, 2017
The Nairn Transport Company operated a tourist bus route between Damascus and Baghdad between the 1920s and the 1950s. The company was...
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Braniff and the End of the Plain Plane
Posted August 23, 2016
Among the more than 500,000 items in our Transportation Library, we hold a number of timetables, annual reports and other ephemera from U.S. carrier Braniff...
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