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Glossary
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 CR&L Co. - Guide to Columbus - 1905 Souvenir of Columbus - 1906 Souvenir of Columbus - c1920 The Columbus Digest - 1949 - includes the Lazarus Digest.
Traction - Books & White Papers
History of the City of Coulmbus Ohio,1920, Chapter 29, Street & Interurban Transportation.
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, 1895 - CCR Co. - Novel Power House Construction.
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, 1906-1908 - Articles on T-rail vs Grooved Rail.
Street Railway Journal, 1907 - CR&L Co. - Service Tests, two car vs. single car operation.
Brill Magazine, 1908 - CRP&L Co. - Pay-As-You-Enter Cars for Columbus.
Electric Railway Journal, 1908 - CRP&L Co. - New Pay-As-You-Enter Cars.
1911-1920
Brill Magazine, 1911 - CRP&L - PAYE Cars for Columbus - Interesting Door Arrangement.
Electric Railway Journal, 1911 - CRP&L - 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 - Walnut Creek Power House.
Electric Railway Journal, 1918 - CRP&L - Milo Car House Remodelling.
1921 and beyond
Bus Transportaton, 1949 - C&SOE - West Broad Street Trolley Coach Station
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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