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Arthur Lonto

Remembering Arthur Arthur Lonto posing next to Brooklyn PCC 1001 at the Branford Trolley Museum shortly after the car was refurbished in the early 1960s. Bernie Linder Collection Remembering Arthur Arthur Lonto and Jimmy […]

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Charles A. Akins

Remembering Charlie Charlie Akins riding a rapid transit car in Chicago during the 1970s. Eric Oszustowicz Remembering Charlie Charlie in 1990 posing in front another mode of mass transit that he advocated. Michael Glikin […]

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