Main entry:

McKeown, Bill, 1934-

Title & Author:

Ottawa's streetcars : the story of electric railway transit in Canada's capital city / by Bill McKeown.

Publication:

Pickering, Ont. : Railfare DC Books, 2006, ©2004.

Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-227).
Bill McKeown, 1934-2004 -- Introduction: The Washington of the North -- The animal railway -- The alternative -- The Ottawa electric railway -- Politics and franchises -- The twenties and thirties [i.e., 1920s and 1930s] -- The Second World War and after -- The missing sevens -- Ottawa Transportation Commission -- Appendix A: Rail transit returns to Ottawa ; Colour [i.e., color] section -- Appendix B: The restoration of Ottawa electric cars -- Appendix C: A recollection / Margaret (McGiffin) Heilig -- Appendix D: Remembering the OTC / Bruce Dudley -- Appendix E: End notes -- Appendix F: Bibliography -- Appendix G: Ottawa electric railway trackage history -- Appendix H: Statutes and agreements -- Appendix I: Other electric railway projects in the Ottawa area -- Appendix J: Kudos for OER from Engineering Magazine -- Appendix K: Diagrams of OER 600 and 800 class cars -- Appendix L: Roster of Ottawa streetcars ; Notes to roster -- Location of preserved Ottawa equipment -- Appendix M: Trolley coach photo album -- 1954 system map and guide -- 1929 map in colour.

ISBN:

1897190077 (hbk.)
9781897190074 (hbk.)

Subject:

Street-railroads Ontario Ottawa History.
Electric railroads Cars Ontario Ottawa History.
Horse railroads Ontario Ottawa History.
Tramways Ontario Ottawa Histoire.
Chemins de fer électriques Wagons Ontario Ottawa Histoire.
Chemins de fer à chevaux Ontario Ottawa Histoire.
Electric railroads Cars.
Horse railroads.
Street-railroads.
Ontario Ottawa.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 279352
Call No.: HE4509.O8 M3 2006
Status: Available