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A Ball, D.B. 136 Bridgeland/Memorial Calgary International Baltimore Transit station 170, 172, 180 Airport 173 Aarons, Walter 27 Company 126 Brill 74, 119 Calgary Municipal Railway Abandonment Sunnyside Baltimore ACF trolley bus ACF 126, 139, 143 14, 24, 29, 32, 35, 36, 46, cut 88 132, 138, 142 Canadian Car 121, 139 49, 50, 56, 59, 65, 66, 67, Ablonczy, Diane. MP 190 176, 178, CC&F 126 71, 74, 76, 79, 83, 85, 88, Accessibility 189 181, 182 C36 123 97, 99, 103, 111, 119, 120 Accident 31, 41, 63, 74, 101, Bank of Montreal 92, 101 gasoline coach 121 Calgary Municipal Railway 162, 163 Bankview 30, 31, 50, 53 trolley bus 121 Social Insurance and Sick ACF Brill 126, 132, 134, 139, Barlow/Max Bell station Brinton, motor conductor, Benefit Association 67 142 170 101 Calgary Public Library 152 Adie, George, 14, 34, 98 Bay, The 46 Brisebois 7 Calgary Stampede 174 Aitken, R.T.D. 11 Beal, S.K. 30 British United Traction Calgary Tower 205 Alberta College of Art 177 Belt Line 119, 120, 121, 123, Ltd. 131 24, 103, Alberta Hotel 16, 131, 134 Brown Boveri Mercury Arc 107, 140, 141, 185 Alberta Interurban Railway Blackfoot Confederacy 7 Rectifier portable Calgary Transit light rail 35 Block heaters 156, 170 substation 139 transit CTrain 187 Alberta Stockyards building Blue Arrow express bus 145, Brown, R.A. 76, 77, 79, 81, Calgary Transit System 123, 66, 72, 108 162, 176 85, 88, 97, 111 124, 127, 132, 136, 140 Allis-Chalmers-Bullock 12 Blue Rock Hotel 19 Buckingham, Reuben 28, Cambrian Heights 131, 139 Altadore 139 Bow River 7, 13, 32, 38, 105, 46 Cambrian Place 127 Alternating current LRVs 108, 168, 175, 177, 179, Burn, motorman 71 Canada Post 185 185 197, 207 Burns Avenue 20, 30, 31, 33, Canadian Allis Chalmers 81 Amalgamated Association Bowness 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 52, 62, 88, 93, 107, 120, Canadian Car & Foundry of Street Electric Railway 59, 79, 83, 84, 85, 92, 93, 139, 197 Company 83, 85 Motor Coach Employees 94, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, Buses 86, 87, 88, 95, 101, – built 82 132, 134 Can Car demonstrator bus of America 67 120, 125, 139, 194, 196 Bus way 145 121 American Fur Trade Bowness Bridge (see also Bylaws #740 11, 12, #921 Canadian Car Brill 134 Company 7 Shouldice Bridge) 30, 31, 12, #998 20, #1095 29, 32 CCF Brill T 48A 126, 131 Anderson Shops 145, 150, 41 #1200 35, #1405 35, #1399 CCF Brill T 44 124, 131, 137 151, 172, 173 Bowness line opens 41 39, 57, #1535 46, #1704 Canadian National Anderson station 156, 157 Bowness Park 32, 38, 39, 41, 46, #1171 49, #1304 49 Institute for the Blind 134, 162, 175, 185, 205 51, 76, 90, 96, 108 139 Bragg Creek 111 Anglican Cathedral Church C Canadian Council of of the Redeemer 163 Brakes Ministries of the Architecture 170, 178, 181, hand brake 63 Cairns, Billy, 14 Environment 185 182, 187 air brakes 22, 39, 55, 81, 85 Calgary and Western Land Canadian Estates Company Armitage, motorman 71 Branconnier, Dave, Mayor Co. 67 14, 32, 33, 71 Armour, L. 109, 143 189, 190 Calgary Board of Trade Canadian General Electric Articulation 147 Brandon 88 46, 63 12, 23, 35 Ashley, Frank 88 Breckenridge Industrial Calgary Brewing Co. 115, Canadian National Assignments (car) 103 Subdivision 35 117 Railways 8, 105 Automatic Train Control Brentwood station 182, 185, Calgary Car Company Canadian Northern 148 206 10, 11 Railway 62 Automatic Train Stop 147 Brewster Transportation Calgary Electric Railway 11, Canadian Pacific Railway Automobile 46, 87, 89, 102, Company Limited 87 16, 21, 23, 24 67, 143, 143, 151 156 Briar Hill 177, 178 Calgary Exhibition and Macleod subdivision Brickyards on Ogden line Stampede grounds 156, 145, 147, 149, 150, 161, B 66 174 185, 187 Bridge (Elbow River) 29, 97 Calgary Flames Hockey underpasses 29, 45, 72, Babcock & Wilcox 12 Bridgeland 49, 95, 103, 125, Club 156, 174 76, 83, 90, 95, 198 Baby carriages 62, 63 134, 139 , 172

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Canadian Railroad Banff Trail, Hounds- 181, 189, Edmonton Transit 172 Historical Association 115 field Heights, 190, 208 Elbow Drive 127, 139, 143 Canadian Westinghouse 12, Briar Hill 176 190 Elbow Park 36, 53, 56, 70, 23, 29 Elbow Park Residents C-Train 145 85, 87, 97, 101, 105, 119, Canyon Meadows station Association 120 Cumming, Robert 17 121, 123 196 185 Parkdale 55 Currie Barracks 99 Elbow Park Residents Capitol Hill 41, 49, 59, 79, Ranch House Tuxedo Park Curtin, John 136 Association 120 91, 93, 103, 120 71 Cushing Brothers 11, 18, 21 Elbow River 7, 11, 51, 82, Car barn 12, 15, 16, 51, 195 Commuter Rail Demon- 151 Car barn addition 1913 51 stration Project 185 D bridge 12th Avenue SE Car barn maintenance Concrete ties 153 29, 43, 82, 97, 194 facility 50, 51 Conductors and motor- D.L. MacDonald shops Elbow River Bridge 2nd Car barn track special work men 28 (Edmonton) 172 Street SE 29 12 Conversion Dalhousie station 187, 205, bridge 151 Cemetery Hill 101, 105, 150, of routes from trolley 207, 208 Electric heaters 18, 23 151 coach to diesel buses 139, Davison, Mayor 88 End of trolley coach service Central Park 70 140, 141 Decker, Inspector 36 142 Centre cab work car 58 of routes to trolley coach Deerfoot Trail 175 ENMAX 185 Bridge 9, 123, 124, 125 Demonstration service 123 Erlton station 156, 167 71, 88, 141 of streetcar to trolley bus Demonstrator cars 185 Exhibition Grounds 16, collapse of north 103, 105 Department of Health 67 36, 110 approach 71 demonstration route Destination curtains Exporail 115 Centre Street N 71, 77 123 (trolley coach) 126, 136 Centre Street station 165 first trolley coach route Development lines 32, 46 F Chestermere Calgary 123 Devonian Gardens Suburban Railway 35 plan 119 (TD Square) 206 1st Street SE station 163, 156 Cornish, B.H., Commis- Dial-a-Ride Transit Fares 174 City Hall 109, 111, 152, 180, sioner of Transportation (DART) 162 1st Street SW station 190 189, 198, 205 and Planning 143 Diesel-hydraulic bus 120 42nd Avenue station 156, Corporate name change Dinky car 17, 30, 41, 58, 61, City Hall Interlocking 174, 159, 162 140 73, 74, 78, 81, 86 Fair Grounds 16, 18, 29 208 Coupler trailer 40, 55 Display train 162 Fare City Hall station 174 LRT Scharfenberg 149 Dominion Transit box, Grant 126 City of Calgary 162, 190 Court House 161 Controller 120 boxes, Cleveland 126 City of Calgary Electric CPR 8, 22, 32, 57 Double end cars 58, 73, 86, dispensing machine 160 System 155 CPR Alyth yard 79 87, 95 -free corridor 158 City of Calgary policy 141 CPR employees’ commuter Duewag 147, 185 increase 67, 77, 127, 135 City of Edmonton 119 train 33, 39 DuWag 147 market 50 Colours 121, 137 CPR freight sheds 72, 198 non-barrier 158 Clarke, conductor, 36 CPR Ogden shops 105 E proof-of-payment 158 Clarke, S.J., Commissioner CPR overhead bridge reduction 89 10, 11, 13, 14 (Alyth) 33, 42, 76 8th Street SW station 165 Fares, extra Mount Royal Clerestory window 63 CPR station 13, 14, 64, 106 East Calgary 8, 21, 36, 52, bus 87 Cline Shuttle Wagon 149, CPR strike 67 55, 84, 99, 105, 119, 120, extra to Bowness 41, 90 151 Craig, Engineer 52 196 owl 99 Colonel Belcher Hospital Crescent Heights 28, 31, 34, East Calgary loop 27, 93 Sarcee 57 70 35, 39, 41, 46, 52, 62, 63, East Kootenay Lumber scenic car 36 Colonel Walker School 58, 85, 92, 93, 97, 103, 114, Co. 12 Federal Electric Co. 12 79 119, 120, 121, 123, 125, 126, Eaton’s 16, 17, 84, 89, 91, Federal Gas Tax 190 Comba, Charles 13, 16, 36, 127, 131, 134 101 Federation of Canadian 71, 76, 77, 85, 97, 99, 103, Crescent Heights hill 36, Eau Claire Transit Garage Municipalities 185 120, 121, 111 Crescent Heights loop line 124 Feeder buses 156 Community Consultations 29 Edmonton 120, 121 Fenders (lifeguards) 81 Council of Women 63 Cromdale shops Edmonton Radial Railway Finances 24, 36, 49, 67, East Calgary Colonel (Edmonton) 172 11 85, 88 Walker School area 79 Crooks’ Drug Store 74, 75 Edmonton Trail 71, 95, 131 Fire 47, 59, 74, 87, 109, 111 Hillhurst, Sunnyside,

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Fire Station No. 2 82, 156 Graves, A.C., J 80, 81, 86 First one-man cars 49 Commissioner 10, 13, 14, Lincoln Park 139 First rail vehicle, 11 16, 63, 85, 111 Jamieson, R.R. 10, 13, 14, Lions Park station 176, 178, First streetcar 16 Gray, G.S. 119, 120 16, 23 181, 182, 183 First streetcar on Crescent Green, George 88 John D. McGuigan Inc. Longitudinal seats 18, 29 Heights line 28 Gros Ventures 7 126 Lord Stanley of Preston, First timetable, route 21 Gush, George 76 Governor-General 8 First trolley coach route 123 Gush, Ken 86, 87, 88, 90, K Los Angeles 97 Fish Creek LRT Bridge 109 Louise Bridge 11, 18, 21, 32, 189 Kanouse, Fred 7 71, 123, 125, 126 Fish Creek-Lacombe H Kendricks, Ted 143 new 78, 79 station 158, 187 Kensington Avenue (Road) Louise Riley Community Flat car 58, 59, 75 Hamilton, ON 141 31, 41, 53, 54, 92, 105 Library 181 Folding steps 81 Hamlet Road 135 Kent, Tommy 87 Low-profile walk-on 178 Ford Motor Company 119 Hargraves 103 Killarney 17, 29, 39, 46, 53, LRT 51, 82, 145, 147, 148 bus 123 Harkley, Clarence 88 56, 57, 71, 93, 105, 110, LRT extensions 169, 171, dealership 120 Haysboro storage facility 119, 120, 124, 126 172, 173, 174, 182, 185, 187, Forest Lawn 139 172, 173, 207 King George V and Queen 189, 190 Fort Benton 7 Heat 147 Mary 29 Fort Calgary 9 Heaters (bus shelters) 139 King George VI and M Fort Macleod 7 Heater (electric) 18, 23 Queen Elizabeth 98, 99 Fort Whoop-Up 7 Heater (Peter Smith coal Kiss ’n’ Ride 156, 182 MacDonald, Don 87 Four motors 35, 83 heater) 18, 23 Klein, Ralph, Mayor 162, MacDonald, John 91 Franchise 11 Heater (steam) 23 169, 173 MacKay, Angus 88 Franklin station 170 Heritage Park 115, 116, 117 Kroeger, Henry 162 Mackay, D.H., Mayor 109, Free transportation to Heritage station 156 Krupp ladder track and 111 public market 50 Hextall, John 32, 38 track switches 153 Macleod Subdivision 145, Freight car haulage 11 Hidden Valley Park 43 Kurtz, 101, 147, 150, 161, 185, 187 Freight service 57, 59 Highway Act 125 Kuyt, W., Director of 51 Funding 189, 190 Hillhurst 18, 21, 36, 51, 56, Transportation 143, 173 Macleod, Colonel 8 Furlong, W.H., KC 119 87, 139, 176 MacLeod, Mr. and Mrs. 91 Hillhurst Athletic Grounds L MacQueen, John 88 G 31 MAN diesel engines 185 Hillhurst Loop 21, 29, 30, Langevin Bridge 11, 21, 22, Manchester 35, 49, 52, 53, Gasoline bus 120 87 29, 88, 123, 125, 168 59, 61, 63, 71, 77, 93, 95, GMC diesels 121 Holmes, James 13 Last streetcar run 101, 103, 120, 196 GMC diesel-hydraulic bus Holy Cross Hospital 109 Bowness 107, Market 35, 50 121, 123 Holy Cross Hospital 36 Burns Avenue 107, 170, General Electric 83 Houndsfield Heights 31, Ogden 107 Mary Ann double truck General Hospital 30 176, 178 Last scheduled streetcar sweeper H 65 General Hospital loop 53 Howard, Henry, run 106 McCauley front door 49, 60 Gillespie, Slim 88 motorman 20 Last trolley coach run 143 McCauley, Thomas H. 10, Girder groove rail LRT 153 Hudson’s Bay Company 7, Last spike Crescent Heights 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, Glencoe 30 8, 9, 22, 43, 44, 49, 62, loop line 29 28, 29, 33, 36, 39, 41, 43, Glengarry 39, 43, 52, 56, 58 64, 92, 101 Late car delivery 24 46, 49, 50, 51, 53, 56, 57, Goodyear 136 Hughes, James 101 Lethbridge 7 58, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 71, Gorman, Clancey & Lethbridge Municipal 73, 76, 111 Grindley, Calgary 12 I Railway 61 McCullough, Alderman Government of Alberta 185, Lettering 14, 16, 24, 93, 94 120 189, 190 Imperial Hotel 24, 72, 198 Leyland bus 86, 87, 119 McHenry, Grade crossings 160 Imperial Oil 105 Lifeguards 81 motor-conductor 74 Grand Trunk 19, 41, 49, 54, Influenza epidemic 1918 Liggett’s Drug Store 44, 62 McKnight-Westwinds 57, 59, 78, 79, 92, 93, 99, 67 Light Rail Vehicles 145, 147 station 189 105 Interpretive material 162 148, 151, 166 McMahon Stadium 177, Grand Trunk Pacific Intersection track special Light weight cars 103 181, 182, Railway 8, 57 work 12, 19, 64, 77, 79, 83 Lighting cluster 21, dome Melchin, Greg MLA, 190

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Mewata Park 11 O P Q Miller, D. 143 Mills Subdivision 30 Observation car Paint scheme 83 Quebec City 65 Mission Bridge 20, 21, 22, (see scenic car) 14 Palliser Hotel 64 Queen’s corner 52 30, 87 Official opening (LRT) Park Queen’s Hotel 16 Missouri River 7 162, 173 Bowness 32, 38, 39, 41, 51, Mitchell, Mayor 16, 28, Off-peak LRV storage 174, 76, 90, 96, 108 R 29, 33 176, 207 Mewata 11 Model T Ford 46 Ogden 33, 39, 42, 43, 50, 52, Shouldice 30, 31, 32, 39, Rail abandonment 120 Modernization program 80 53, 59, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 41, 43 Ranch House Tuxedo Park Montreal Engineering 11 72, 77, 93, 99, 102, 105, St. George’s Island 13, 22, 71 Montreal Tramways 107, 109, 114, 125, 194, 39, 51 RCAF Equipment Depot Company 83 195, 196, 197 Park ‘n’ Ride 156, 182 99 Moore, Marvin 173 Ogden Parkdale community RCMP Barracks 120 Moose Jaw 65, 88 line relocation proposal 67 meeting 55 Reader (Parks Department) Morley Trail hill 34 loop 35 Parkdale-Hillhurst 50, 51 Morleyville Road 31 shops 32, 33, 105 (Grand Trunk) 41, 49, 54 Rebuilt (combination Motor buses 39, 134 via Burns Avenue 33, 108 Parking 156 freight and passenger car) Motor flat G 58, 75 via CPR overhead Parkview 31 59, 74, 78, 81 Motor-conductor 63, 67, bridge (see CPR Alyth Passing tracks Red Deer River 7 74, 87 overhead bridge) 33, 41, on Bowness line 79 Reductions (work hours) Mount Pleasant 95, 105, 108 on Centre Street North 79 87 119, 121, 123, 127, 139, 196 Ohio Brass 121, 127 Patton, C.E. 131 Regina 66 Mount Royal 36, 39, 86, 87, Oil stove 41 Paving 20, 30 RegioSprinter 185, 187 93, 95, 119, 120, 123, 126 Old North Trail 7 Pay-as-you-enter 12, 16, 29 Regis Hotel 165 Mountainview 95 Oldman River 8 Petition 31, 46 Relief labour 88 Municipal auspices 11 Oliver Bowen Maintenance Piegan 7 Retailers’ Association 57 Facility 207 Platform length 155, 189 Retirements (car) 81, 101 N Olympic Saddledome 182 Plews, Jack, motorman 46 Richmond Road 57 Olympic Square 182 Plus 15 pedway 205 Ride the Wind 185 Navassarx Ladies Band 36, Olympic Winter Games, Pneumatic rear doors 81, Riley Park 30, 36, 52 40 XV 182 85 Riley, G.H. 28, 29, 88 New Brunswick Light & One-man cars Port Arthur – Fort William Riverside 30, 44, 53, 56, 71, Power Co. 76 63 Street Railway 13 93, 95, 102, 105, 172, 196, New LRVs ordered 165, 172 Capitol Hill 49 Port Arthur Electric Light 119, 120, 125 New York cars 73 described 61, 63 Plant 13 Robb Engineering Co. 12, Newburyport 74 Manchester 49 Portable sub station 139 Robberies 91, 93 Newcombe, C.S. 52 Tuxedo Park 49 Post Office 24 Rosedale 45, 71, 93, 95, 119, Newhall, A.V. 120, 121 operation 59, 61, 63, 65, Power (availability) 22, 120, 123, 125 Nicholson, A.H., 76, 87 rates 23, 35 Route 201 (LRT) 173, 174, Engineering Dept. 134 One-way streets 132 Power 11, 12, 14, 22, 23, 32, 175 North (Old) Trail 7 Overhead wires, changes 35, 132, 136, 138, 139 Route 202 (LRT) 173, 174 North Hill 29, 49, 85, 99, to 136 Preservation, car 14 111 Route changes 56, 73, 76, North Hill Shopping Mall Open house (LRT) 162 Preston Car & Coach 81, 88, 93, 95 176 Osborne, F.E., Mayor 85 Company 12, 16, 22, 29, Route indicators numbers North Saskatchewan River Ottawa Car Company 12, 35, 36 85, 97 7 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 35, 39, Preston-built 19, 20, 23, 24, restructuring 131,135, 136, North West Company 7 59, 60, 65 27, 73, 78, 114, 196 139 North West Mounted Ottawa Car Manufacturing Province of Alberta 162, summary trolley coach Police 7 Company 83 189 135, 140 Northeast LRT 169, 172, Ottawa O Train 185 Public Utilities 173, 189, 208 Ottawa-built 16, 20, 27, Commission 67 Northwest Electric 12 74, 115 Public Works Committee Northwest LRT 176, 208 Owl runs 99 11 Nose Creek 175 Nova Building 174

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Routes SAIT/ACA/Jubilee station Shouldice Bridge (see also Special track work, Arrow (route) 56 177, 181, 183, 206 Bowness Bridge) 38, 41 car barn 12, Belt Line 14, 20, 22, 30, Salloway, R.G., conductor Shouldice Park 30, 31, 32, intersection 12, 82, 88,103, 105, 20, 27 39, 41, 43 8th Avenue SW changed 13 Belt Line Orange & Blue San Francisco 97 Shouldice siding 108 Speers, Dick 88 35, 43 Sandwich, Windsor & Shriners’ Temple 36 Spranklin, Billy, Belt system of routing 11, Amherstburg Railway Shuttle bus or car 86, 88, conductor 34 12 Company 119 95, 99, 174 Sprinkler 12, 35 Blue & White star route Sarcee 7 Siemens Duewag 147, 185 St. Georges Island Park 13, marker 73 Sarcee Military Reserve 56, Siemens Electric 185, 189 22, 39, 51 Blue & Yellow 43, 46 57, 76 Signals 77, 105, 208 St. John, NB 66 Blue Line 22, 29, 30, 39, Sash (semi-elliptical) 16 Automatic Block Signal St. Mary’s Roman Catholic 52, 53, 61, 63, 93, 95, 101, Sash (side) 18 ABS 160 Church 36 109, 160 Saskatoon Municipal Green wave 161 St. Matthew’s Lutheran Orange & Blue Line 35, Railway 65, 70 High water table tunnel Church, 172 43, 53, 56 Trade of cars 73, 76, 94, signals 160 Stampede 89 Red & Blue Line 30, 52, 101, 194 interlocked switch and Stampede Corral 182 53, 79 Scatcherd, T.C. 49, 52, 85 signal system 163, 171 Stampede Grounds Gate Red & White Line 29, Scenic car 34, 35, 36, 43, 87, measure of progression 20, 80 30, 31, 53, 63, 79, 85, 92, 98, 115 161 Stampede station 82 93, 97 Scharfenberg coupler 149 signal system 148, 171 Standard ventilator sash 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, Schedule (Belt Line) 66 staff system 105 openers 18 41, 50, 52, 54, 56, 62, 63, Bowness 41, 54 traffic 161, 169 Stations downtown 154 79, 85, 93, 97 LRT 160 Vee Tag 173 Statistics 23, 52, 85, 126, Star – Blue & White 73 new 30, 52, 53, 77, 81 SIMATIC unit 148 127, 131, 132, 134, 135, 165, White & Yellow arrow Sarcee 58 Single-end 16, 29 176, 190 route marker 71, 77 Scenic Car 36, 37 Sinott, Mayor-elect 33 Steele, Dick 87 White & Yellow Line 71, LRV assignments 165 Skip-stop 71, 99 Stelmach, Ed, Premier 189 73 SD 160 cars 187, 189, 190, Slide 87, 88 Stories 107, 109 White Line 19, 21, 23, 29, 207, 208 Smaller cars 23 Storm sash 18 30, 53, 56, 63, 74, 85, 87, Seats 18, 29, 83 Smoking compartment Streetcar service 124 93, 95, 109 brushed nylon fabric 147 83, 85 Street Railway Royal Bank 9, 64 fixed (seating) 18 Snow plow 65, 83 Commission 11 Royal Canadian Legion 165 leather 83 Société de transport de Street Railway Committee Royal Visit 99 rattan 18, 29 Montréal “Métro” 187 95 Rubberneck car 36 stationary (seats) 18 Somerset 205 Strike 67, 132 Rules, operating 161 transverse facing pairs Somerset-Bridlewood Strong, J. Ivor, 170 compartment style 147 station 158, 187, 189 Commissioner 126 Rupert’s Land 8 transverse seats 18, 29 South Calgary 30, 31, 40, Stuart Lumber Co. 12 walk-over seats 18 43, 53, 56, 71, 74, 76, 93, Subway 2nd Street SE 24 S Second-hand streetcars 76 95, 101, 105, 110, 114, 119, 1st Street SW 24 Semi-convertible 18 120, 124, 126, 134, 139 Sunalta 39, 49, 53, 56, 79, 2nd Street SE station 162 Service reductions 49, 50, extension 43 95, 119 7th Avenue SE/SW Transit 52, 53 loop 43 Sunbeam Corporation of Mall 153, 166, 167, 171, Shaganappi - Spruce Cliff South East Calgary England 126 172, 174, 208 46 Corporation 33 Sunday streetcars 18, 19, 41, 7th Avenue SW 119, 124 Shaganappi Park 46 Southern Alberta Institute 52, 57 7th Street SW station 174, Shawnee Gate 187, 189 of Technology 177 Sunnyside - Burns Avenue 190 Shawnessy station 187, 189 Southern Alberta Jubilee 45, 52, 66 17th Avenue Killarney 139 Shop Auditorium 177, 207 Sackville Drive 135 building 79 Southland station 157 Saddledome, Pengrowth derrick 51 Special constables 21 156, 159, 174 facilities, expansion of 29 Special Street Railway Safety 63, 85, 103, 107, 162 facility proposed in Investigation Committee Safety glass 147 McKnight Boulevard 89 area 172

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Sunnyside 31, 35, 62, 71, Transfer car 39, 87 Ventilation 18, 147 West Hillhurst 135 79, 87, 88, 93, 102, 105, Transfers 20, 39, 107 Ventilator sash 18 Western Flyer 140, 202 119, 120, 125, 126, 131, 139, Transit Mall 7th Avenue Victoria Park 16 Westinghouse Brakes 23, 39 176, 178, 196 SE/SW 153, 166, 167, 171 bus garage 174 Westinghouse controller 23 cut 66, 71, 87, 88 Treadle rear exit 81, 85 car barns 123 Westinghouse motors 39 hill 119 Trolley coach 105, 111 Victoria Park School 43 Whiskey trade 7, 8 loop 36 Trolley coach abandonment Victoria Park/Stampede 170, station 179 139, 140, 141 station 156, 159 174, 175, 208 Sweeper 12, 39, 49, 65, 83 Trolley coach extensions Victoria Road 31 Whoop-up Trail 7, 8 Switch tender 163, 165 126, 127, 131, 134, 135, 140 Victory bonds 98, 99 Wilkes-Barre Transit Trucks Vision Quest Wind Corporation 131 T Bemis trucks 23, 35 Electric Inc. 185 Wilson, Norman D. 119 Brill trucks 23, 35, 39 Women, Council of 63 3rd Street SE station 174 Double truck cars 35, 63, W World War I 49, 56, 58 10th Street SW station 171, 73, 83, 99 World War II 99 173, 175 Single truck passenger Wages 21, 61 Wray, R.H. 103, 111, 131, 39th Avenue station 156, cars 29, 35, 41, 56, 62, Walker, William J., motor- 134, 136, 143 161 79, 86, 87, 99 conductor 74 Taylor, Charles 11 Standard 0-50 81 Wartime Federal Transit Y Terraced and planted Taylor trucks 35 Controller 119 concrete retaining walls Tunnel 150, 159, 166 Washington, George 30 York Hotel 165 177, 179 Tuxedo Park 14, 30, 31, 32, Wason-built 74 Thiele, Ernst 148 39, 41, 49, 53, 59, 61, 63, Weir, C.V.F. 103, 121, 123 Z Thompson, R. 106, 111 77, 93, 95, 105, 119, 121, West Calgary 19, 56, 88, 98, Thorncliffe 126, 127, 139 123, 126, 196 119, 120, 125, 126, 196 168, 170 Three-step 103 Tuxedo Park pavilion 32 Ticket validating machine Tuxedo Park Transfer car (TVM) 158, 160 41, 46 Timetable 21, 65, 91 Twin Coach 124 Toronto Transit Two-man 16 Commission 115 Two-motors 23 demonstrator 9213 140, Two-step 103 141, 202 Calgary's Electric Transit Toronto Transit U This is the index to Calgary's Electric Transit Commission Yonge Street (streetcars, trolley buses and light rail vehicles), subway 185, 187 U2 alternating current an illustrated history of electrifed public transportation Track cars 185, 190 in Canada's oil capital, by Colin K. Hatcher and Tom Schwarzkopf. changes 95, 105 U2 cars 147, 163, 165, 182, Copyright © Railfare*DC Books, 2009. construction LRT 153, 177 190 Legal Deposit, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec damage 87 Underpass 29, 64, 72, 90, and the National Library of Canada, 4th trimester, 2009. double track 35, 49, 56, 95 Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication 79 Union 21 Hatcher, Colin K., 1939- gauge 154 Union Jack 98, 99 Calgary's electric transit : streetcars, trolley buses, and light rail girder groove 153 University of Alberta Cal- vehicles / Colin K. Hatcher & Tom Schwarzkopf. Includes bibliographical references. ladder at Anderson shops gary 131, 139 ISBN 978-1-897190-55-5 (pbk.).--ISBN 978-1-897190-56-2 (bound) 153 169, 1. Street-railroads--Alberta--Calgary--History. 2. Trolley on 7th Avenue SE/SW 81 176 buses--Alberta--Calgary--History. I. Schwarzkopf, Tom, 1943- II. Title. rehabilitation 83, 88 University station 178, 181, HE4509.C3H38 2009 388.4'609712338 C2009-903997-4 single 105 182 turnouts 171 Upper Hillhurst 31 Trackless motors 39 Utility lines 152 Ontario office: Trackless trolleys 87 1880 Valley Farm Road, Unit TP-27 Pickering, Ontario L1V 6B3 Trailer 38, 39, 40, 81, 107 V Trans Link, the Vancouver Business office and mailing address: Box 666, St. Laurent Station “Sky Train” Millenium Vehicle identification Montreal, Quebec H4L 4V9 Line 187 system 174 [email protected] www.railfare.net

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