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  1. 35 relations: August Belmont Jr., Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation, Bus, Charles Joseph Van Depoele, Connecticut, Connecticut Company, Double-track railway, East Haven, Connecticut, Flyer 700/800/900 series, Frank J. Sprague, Hurricane Irene, Independent Subway System, Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Interurban Press, J. G. Brill Company, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, National Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut, New Flyer, New York City, New York City Transit Authority, PATH (rail system), PCC streetcar, R17 (New York City Subway car), R9 (New York City Subway car), Scrap, Seashore Trolley Museum, SEPTA, Short Beach, Stony Creek (Branford), Thomas Built Buses, Tram, Trolleybus, Trolleybuses in Greater Boston, Trolleybuses in Philadelphia.

  2. Heritage railroads in Connecticut
  3. Railroad museums in Connecticut
  4. Street railway museums in the United States
  5. Streetcars in Connecticut

August Belmont Jr.

August Belmont Jr. (February 18, 1853 – December 10, 1924) was an American financier.

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Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation

The Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation (B&QT) was a subsidiary of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation that operated streetcars in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States (as well as into Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge and Williamsburg Bridge).

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Bus

A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but less than the average rail transport.

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Charles Joseph Van Depoele

Charles Joseph Van Depoele (27 April 1846 – 18 March 1892) was a Belgian-American electrical engineer, inventor, and pioneer in electric railway technology, including the first trolley pole.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Connecticut Company

The Connecticut Company was the primary electric street railway company in the U.S. state of Connecticut, operating both city and rural trolleys and freight service. Shore Line Trolley Museum and Connecticut Company are streetcars in Connecticut.

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Double-track railway

A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.

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East Haven, Connecticut

East Haven is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, in the United States.

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Flyer 700/800/900 series

The Flyer 700/800/900 series were a series of transit buses built in three generations by Western Flyer and its successors Flyer Industries and New Flyer, of Canada, between 1967 and 1987.

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Frank J. Sprague

Frank Julian Sprague (July 25, 1857 – October 25, 1934) was an American inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators.

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Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. The ninth named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, Irene originated from a well-defined Atlantic tropical wave that began showing signs of organization east of the Lesser Antilles.

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Independent Subway System

The Independent Subway System (IND; formerly the ISS) was a rapid transit rail system in New York City that is now part of the New York City Subway.

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Interborough Rapid Transit Company

The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the private operator of New York City's original underground subway line that opened in 1904, as well as earlier elevated railways and additional rapid transit lines in New York City.

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Interurban Press

Interurban Press was a small, privately owned American publishing company, specializing in books about streetcars, other forms of rail transit and railroads in North America, from 1943MacDougall, Kent (May 19, 1983).

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J. G. Brill Company

The J. G. Brill Company manufactured streetcars,Young, Andrew D. (1997).

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut.

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New Flyer

New Flyer is a Canadian multinational bus manufacturer, specializing in the production of transit buses.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Transit Authority

The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, or simply Transit, and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City.

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PATH (rail system)

The Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit system in the northeastern New Jersey cities of Newark, Harrison, Jersey City, and Hoboken, as well as Lower and Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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PCC streetcar

The PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) is a tram design that was first built in the United States in the 1930s.

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R17 (New York City Subway car)

The R17 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1954 for the IRT A Division.

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R9 (New York City Subway car)

The R9 was a New York City Subway car model, which was built by the American Car and Foundry Company and the Pressed Steel Car Company in 1940 for the Independent Subway System (IND) and its successors, which included the New York City Board of Transportation and the New York City Transit Authority.

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Scrap

Scrap consists of recyclable materials, usually metals, left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials.

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Seashore Trolley Museum

Seashore Trolley Museum, located in Kennebunkport, Maine, United States, is the world's first and largest museum of mass transit vehicles. Shore Line Trolley Museum and Seashore Trolley Museum are street railway museums in the United States.

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SEPTA

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people throughout five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Short Beach

Short Beach is a beach neighborhood situated in Branford, Connecticut.

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Stony Creek (Branford)

Stony Creek is a coastal village located the southeastern section of Branford, Connecticut, centered on a harbor on Long Island Sound.

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Thomas Built Buses

Thomas Built Buses, Inc. (commonly known as Thomas) is an American bus manufacturer.

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Tram

A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.

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Trolleybus

A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). British Trolleybus Systems, pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing..or trolleyDunbar, Charles S. (1967). Buses, Trolleys & Trams. Paul Hamlyn Ltd.

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Trolleybuses in Greater Boston

The Boston-area trolleybus (or, as known locally, trackless trolley) system formed part of the public transportation network serving Greater Boston in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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Trolleybuses in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia trolleybus system forms part of the public transportation network serving Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, United States.

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See also

Heritage railroads in Connecticut

Railroad museums in Connecticut

Street railway museums in the United States

Streetcars in Connecticut

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_Line_Trolley_Museum

Also known as Branford Electric Railway, Branford Electric Railway Association, Branford Electric Railway Association/Shore Line Trolley Museum, Branford Electric Railway Historic District, Shoreline Trolley Museum, The Shore Line Trolley Museum.