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William D. Middleton


William D. Middleton has published nine books of railroad history, among them a three-volume illustrated history of electrified street, interurban, and main-line railways in America.

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Magnificently impractical and obsolete almost as soon as they were built, the cable lines briefly dominated urban transportation throughout the country
So Richmond proudly described its electric trolleys, the first truly successful system in the world
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