Tampa Streetcar Fest 2004 - End of the Line - Page 15
"Back seat driver" yours truly.
Recommended reading: "The Birney Car" by Harold Cox
See MANY more beautiful pictures of Tampa's streetcars,
photographed at numerous points along the route, and from interesting camera angles:
North American Vintage Trolley Systems John Smatlak - Railway Preservation Resources
David
Pinero's Tampa Streetcar Website: Welcome
to Tampa Rail
Your Liveliest Advocate Forum for the Development of Tampa Urban Rail
Practical advice from David on riding the streetcars
Visit TampaGov.net for another great view of Tampa's streetcar system
Read "From Trolleys to Buses and in Between" by Robert E. Sims
An article in PDF format at the USF Digital Collections Archives
Mr. Sims describes the transportation systems as they were in the
years he drove a cab in Tampa in the 1930's and 40's.
Links to Burgert Brothers Photos at USF Digital Archives
Bicycles and trolley cars at the Tampa Bay Hotel 1902
Group of trolley cars, one with a second level ca. 1905
Aerial view of trolley cars passing through a residential area, Hyde Park Ave. 1913
Trolley car on Lafayette Street passing Hyde Park Avenue 1918
Trolley passes the Fessenden Real Estate Office on Nebraska Avenue (ca.1922)
Look down Franklin Street at carriages and trolley cars (no date, 1920's?)
Franklin Street bustling with trolley cars, automobiles and people (1930's)
Looking down East Broadway Ave. at the Broadway Theater during the passing of a trolley car Nov 1936
Robertson & Fresh Photo Links
A Trolley car moves down a busy Tampa street (no date, 1940's?)
Aboard a trolley car Sept. 1942