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Glossary
AS&IRA - American Street & Interurban Rwy Association,
CCSR - Columbus Consolidated Street Railway Co.,
CR - Columbus Railway Co.,
CCR - Columbus Central Railway Co.,
CMSR - Central Market Street Railway,
CR&L - Columbus Railway & Light Co.,
CRP&L - Columbus Railway Power & Light Co.
C&SOE - Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co.
Columbus, Ohio - Souvenir Booklets
The Public Buildings of Columbus Ohio - 1879 Souvenir of Columbus Ohio - 1888 Columbus Views - 1892 Views of Columbus Ohio - 1895 Illustrated Guide to Columbus - 1899 Souvenir of Columbus - 1902 Souvenir of Columbus - 1903 Columbus, Ohio - Compliments of the Board of Trade - 1904 CR&L Co. - Guide to Columbus - 1905 Souvenir of Columbus - 1906 Souvenir of Columbus - c1920 The Columbus Digest - 1949 - includes the Lazarus Digest.
Traction & Columbus History - Books, Thesis & White Papers
History of Franklin County, by William T. Martin, 1858.
Columbus, Ohio - History, Resources & Progress, 1873, Page 559-561 - Street Railroads.
History of the City of Coulmbus, Ohio,1920, Chapter 29, Street & Interurban Transportation.
The Question of Community: The 1910 Street Car Strike of Columbus, Ohio, by Andrea Durham Lentz, B.A., OSU, 1970.
Reviewing the Documents, The Street Railway Trestle, Columbus, Ohio, 1891
Traction Reference Publications
Poor's Manual of Railroads, 1868-1924
Articles from Traction Trade Journals and More
1860-1890
Street Railway Journal, 1886 - CCSR Co. - How to Tell a Horse's Age by the Teeth.
Street Railway Journal, 1887 - CCSR Co. - The First Electric Streetcar System In Columbus.
1891-1900
Street Railway Journal, 1891 - CCSR Co. - Power Plant Planned.
Street Railway Journal, 1892 - CCSR Co. - Power Plant Constructed on Spring Street.
Street Railway Journal, Feb., 1895 - CCR Co. - Novel Power House Construction.
Electrical Review, Mar., 1895 - CCR Co. - The Power Station of the CCR Co.
Electrical Industries, May, 1895 - CCR Co. - The New Power House of the CCS Co.
Street Railway Review, 1895 - CR&L Co. - Parlor streetcar Electra
Street Railway Review, 1897 - CCR Co. - Parlor streetcar Minerva
General Superintendent's Report, 1898 - CR&L Co. - Text
General Superintendent's Report, 1898 - CR&L Co. - Graphs
Street Railway Journal, 1899 - CR Co. - Street Railway Park at Columbus, O. (Minerva Park)
Street Railway Journal, 1900 - CR Co. - Operating Methods of the Columbus Railway Co.
1901-1910
Street Railway Journal, 1901 - CR Co. - Alternate And Direct Current Transmission On City Lines.
Street Railway Journal, 1903 - CR Co. - New Cars No. 375-394.
Street Railway Journal, 1903 - Lancaster Traction - New Car No. 4.
Street Railway Journal, 1904 - CR&L Co. - Repair Shop Practices.
Street Railway Journal, 1906 - CMSR - Central Market Line Takeover by CR&L.
Street Railway Journal, 1906 - CR&L Co. - New Cars No. 497-506.
Street Railway Journal, 1906 - CR&L Co. - Multiple-unit Equipped Streetcars.
Electric World, 1906 - Electrical Equipments of the Columbus City & Interurban Railway Systems.
Street Railway Journal, 1906 - American Street & Interurban Rwy Association Convention - multiple articles.
Street Railway Journal, 1906-1908 - T-rail vs Grooved Rail - multiple articles.
Street Railway Journal, 1907 - CR&L Co. - Service Tests, two car vs. single car operation.
Brill Magazine, 1908 - CR&L Co. - Pay-As-You-Enter Cars for Columbus.
Electric Railway Journal, 1908 - CR&L Co. - New Pay-As-You-Enter Cars.
Electric Railway Journal, 1910 - CR&L Co. - Columbus Dynamiter Apprehended.
1911-1920
Brill Magazine, 1911 - CR&L Co. - PAYE Cars for Columbus - Interesting Door Arrangement.
Electric Railway Journal, 1911 - CR&L Co. - History of the Columbus Strike of 1910.
Brill Magazine, 1914 - CRP&L Co. - Conditions Which Govern the Type of Car for City Service, Columbus.
Brill Magazine, 1914 - CRP&L Co. - Double-Decker Steel-Frame Car for Columbus.
Columbus Dispatch, 1914 - CRP&L Co. - Double-Deck Street Car, Electrical Engineer's Study.
Electric Railway Journal, 1916 - CRP&L - Store House Methods.
Electric Railway Journal, 1918 - CRP&L - New Power Source for Columbus (Ohio) Railways.
Electric Traction, 1918 - CRP&L - New Power Station for Columbus System.
Electric Railway Journal, 1918 - CRP&L - Milo Car House Remodelling.
1921 and beyond
Bus Transportaton, 1949 - C&SOE - West Broad Street Trolley Coach Station
Motor Bus Age, 1990 - Columbus by William T. Bownas
Complete copies of The Street Railway Journal and Electric Railway Journal
Street Railway Journals, 1884-1908 - Street Railway Journals from the Smithsonian Libraries Collection.
Electric Railway Journals, 1908-1921 - Electric Railway Journals from the Smithsonian Libraries Collection.
Street Railway Journal, 1906 - The 1906 Street Railway Convention held in Columbus, Ohio, see page 11 for the index.
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