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Three Wisconsin cities hosted trackless trolley service. Merrill (1913-14),
Kenosha (1932-52) and Milwaukee (1936-65).
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| Merrill's primitive trackless trolley of 1913. |
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| One of Kenosha's Trackless Trolleys |
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| Coach 135 demostrates its flexibility in this staged shot. |
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| Courtesy of Bob Klusendorf. |
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| Yellow Coach 142, offering some still valid advice. |
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| Cross section of Clybourn Street rebuilding during conversion of Route 13 to trackless trolleys. |
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| Entering the Route 21 transfer station at 60th & North. |
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| The transfer station/loop at N. 60th Street & W. North Avenue. |
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| Route 21 transfer station, N. 60th St. & North Avenue, Wauwatosa. |
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| Another view of the Route 21 transfer station. Gasoline buses continued west, to serve Wauwatosa. |
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| Courtesy of Bob Klusendorf. |
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| Yellow Coach #151 holding down a run on Route 14. Webmaster's negative collection. |
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| New postwar Pullman-Standards, awaiting service. |
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| Pullman-Standard 397, when new. |
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| Introduction of the postwar Pullman-Standards. |
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| 1950s view of Fond du Lac Car Station yard, looking west towards N. 35th Street. |
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| Marmon-Herrington 330, advertising a chief competitor. |
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| A St. Louis Car trackless trolley at Lake Park loop. Bob Klusendorf collection. |
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| Paul Weyrich's "Farewell to Electrics" fan trip, Sunday, June 20th, 1965. |
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| 388 has just turned north onto N. 21st St. between Atkinson & Teutonia. Paul's "farewell" fan trip. |
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| The Red Owl grocery store, far left, was gutted in a spectacular fire on January 20th, 1972.. |
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| Marmon-Herringtons dominate this photo taken at Kinnickinnic Car Station. |
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| Business end of a trolley pole, June 13th, 1965, Fantrip @ Fiebrantz Car Station. |
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| Interior of a postwar Pullman-Standard. Rather plush by today's standards! |
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| Interior of a Marmon-Herrington. |
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| Two Pullmans at the Atkinson Avenue layover. Trolley # 375 is closest to photographer. |
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| 362 being pused by a line truck during Paul Weyrich's 1964 charter. |
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| Paul chartered a 500 series Marmon-Herrington for a night fan trip during May, 1965. |
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| 388 at the former Milwaukee Northern's Northside Station. This is now a WE substation. |
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Captions will follow as I get back into the swing of things.
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| Trackless trolley 292, Roue 20. |
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| From a 1945 trade magazine. |
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| Better view of the factory photo above. |
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| Trackless trolley 267. Sister coach 269 was preserved by Bob Klusendorf and donated to the IRM. |
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| Trackless trolleys and streetcars shared the same streets in several locations. |
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| Car 816 leads a mixed line up of streetcars and trackless trolleys. |
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| You can almost hear the overhead wires "rasping" as this trackless trolley glides past the camera. |
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| Fond du Lac Car Station yard, looking east from N. 35th Street, |
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| The intersection of 3rd & North, 1948. From "Rail & Wire" Magazine. |
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| Indianapolis Marmon-Herringtons (and a GMC coach) arriving to serve in Milwaukee. |
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| Atkinson Avenue, between Teutonia Avenue and Capitol Drive. |
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| "Fire on the wire" during Paul Weyrich's May, 1965 fan trip. Coach 539. |
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| 534 at the N. 60th & W. Vliet terminal of Route 18, circa 1962. |
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| Postwar Pullman at Plankinton House. "Darkroom magic" removed wires, except for feeder cable shadow. |
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| Marmons 585 & 573 at Kinnickinnic Car Station yards, 1964. |
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| The north end of Route 19, at N. 35th & W. Silver Spring. |
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| 350 & 388 meet on Atkinson Avenue during farewell charters. Sunday, June 20, 1965. P. Weyrich photo |
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| Pullman-Standard at 1001 North 3rd Street. |
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| This coach is heading southbound on Atkinson, between Teutonia & Capitol. |
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| Fiebrantz Car Station still under wire, 1965. The end was at hand. |
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| Peeking "under the hood" of a postwar Pullman. |
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| A turning postwar Pullman waits for a pedestrian as a 1961 Ford passes in the background. |
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| 362 passes the Public Service Building during Paul Weyrich's 1964 fan trip.. |
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| Marmon-Herrington 441 in 1964. You can still ride this coach at the Illinois Railway Museum. |
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| A "dewirement" during the 1964 charter of Pullman-Standard 362. |
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| Company publicity photo of Yellow Coach 128. |
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| Yellow Coach trackless trolley at Michigan and Water Streets, Downtown. |
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| Ad on coach 129 did little to stop the switch in building materials. |
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| Trackless trolley #146, from an Ohio Brass advertisement. |
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| Route 19, on Milwaukee's South Side. |
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| Car 548 & coach 263 pass, with a gasoline coach in the distance. Sister coach 265 is now at IRM. |
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| The new post-war Pullman-Standard trackless trolleys arriving. |
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| Coach 358. Sister coach 350 is preserved at IRM. |
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| 394, another postwar Pullman-Standard. |
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| 1962 view of 319 at the Whitefish Bay terminal of Route 15 |
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| Only three Yellow Coaches received the simple orange & cream paint. Wayne Klusendorf photo. |
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| 257 at the southern terminal of Route 15 on the very last night of trackless trolley service. |
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| 362 on a 1964 charter, being passed by Route 14 GMC coach #1656. Paul Weyrich photo. |
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| 362 leaving Cold Spring Shops, 1964. Note single trolley wire, for rail cars, still in place. |
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| Ex-Indiannapolis coach 536, West Allis. |
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| A southbound Route 37 Pullman-Standard. |
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| Layover point on Atkinson between Teutonia and Capitol, looking south. Teutonia Red Owl in distance. |
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| Note the gasoline prices, Corvair van and 1961 Dodge. |
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| A 400 series Marmon at the southwestern end of Route 18. |
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| A squadron of Marmon-Herringtons at Kinnickinnic Car Station. |
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| Pullman #370 at the Wilson Park loop on the south end of Route 37. |
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| Paul Weyrich's "Farewell to the Electrics" fan trip, featuring coach 388. |
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| Fiebrantz Car Station, with the Milwaukee Northern right of way in the foreground. |
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| Marmon-Herrington on Michigan Street, Downtown. |
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| A Pullman-Standard in the distance. Light auto traffic indicates either a weekend or holiday. |
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| Paul took this photo from the enclosed pedestrian overpass on Michigan Street. |
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