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| Author: | Sloan [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Trolley "off-set" lithograph for sale |
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6133365 Doesn't look like a trolley car illustration to me; more like a Chicago El train. Sloan |
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| Author: | thirdrail [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trolley "off-set" lithograph for sale |
Sloan wrote: http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6133365 Doesn't look like a trolley car illustration to me; more like a Chicago El train. Sloan Looks closer to the IRT subway in good old Gotham to me. The Conductor used to ride between the cars. |
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| Author: | Ron Goldfeder [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trolley "off-set" lithograph for sale |
And they also used to stand between the cars in Chicago as well. |
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| Author: | Frank Hicks [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trolley "off-set" lithograph for sale |
Ron Goldfeder wrote: And they also used to stand between the cars in Chicago as well. True; I would agree with the New York assessment though because Chicago "L" cars generally didn't have marker lights protruding from the roof as shown in the illustration. That was more a hallmark of Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Interborough Rapid Transit in New York. |
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