| Center Entrance in Boston - Part 1 (Barten, 2006) |
 This is Part 1 - Introduction of a 4-part series on Boston's famous center-entrance trolley cars. These "crowd swallowers" dominated the system for over 30 years and were known in Boston as "King of the Road."
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| Center Entrance in Boston - Part 2 (Barten, 2006) |
This is Part 2 - Historical Development of a 4-part series on Boston's famous center-entrance trolley cars. These "crowd swallowers" dominated the system for over 30 years and were known in Boston as "King of the Road."
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| Center Entrance in Boston - Part 3 (Barten, 2006) |
This is Part 3 - Boston Center-Entrance Cars of a 4-part series on Boston's famous center-entrance trolley cars. These "crowd swallowers" dominated the system for over 30 years and were known in Boston as "King of the Road."
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| Center Entrance in Boston - Part 4 (Barten, 2006) |
This is Part 4 - Boston Center-Entrance Cars of a 4-part series on Boston's famous center-entrance trolley cars. These "crowd swallowers" dominated the system for over 30 years and were known in Boston as "King of the Road."
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| Conway Electric Street Railway: hilltown original (Barten, 2001) |
 The Conway Electric Street Railway was the very embodiment of a rural street railway, remote and uniquely fashioned to the town it served. The 6-mile road, nestled in the hills of Western Massachusetts, operated from November 3, 1895 to sometime in 1921, providing Conway's citizens and businesses with a vital link to the Boston & Maine and New Haven railroads, and thus the outside world. At the end, the little red cars just stopped running. No one knows exactly when. Just that it was sometime in the early spring of 1921. HTML |
| Kitson Meyer 42-Inch Gauge Loco (Pardoe-Matthews, 2006) |
 This is a Kitson Meyer Tank loco as used on the 42" gauge Taltal Nitrate Railway in Chile. This is an interesting design as, while it shares many features of the Mallet tanks, it is a much safer design in that it is a true bogied loco and does not suffer from the excessive overhang of the Mallet. It was much better suited to undulating track and tight curves whilst being quite stable at higher speeds. As a single boiler design it is better than the Fairlie, and I believe, even better than the Garratt, and that, for me, is a concession. HTML |
| Miss Springfield: Car 554 (Barten, 2003) |
 "History Was Made Last Week in Springfield, Mass.," announced the Electric Railway Journal on April 23, 1927. Charles Gordon, the Journal's editor and outspoken proponent of an industry rebirth through modernization, applauded the successful testing that week of the Springfield Street Railway's new worm-drive car, soon to be known as "Miss Springfield." "Performance of the experimental car," he reported, "exceeded every reasonable expectation." HTML |
| Old Maude: America's first high-speed electric locomotive (Barten, 2001) |
 This is the story of Old Maude, the New York Central Railroad's pioneering high-speed electric locomotive. More than a description of a locomotive, it's the story of an engineering feat brought on ahead of its time in the early 1900s by the need for safety in the smoky tunnel leading into New York City's major train station, the original Grand Central Station. HTML |
| Shelburne Falls & Colrain St. Ry.: the spirit lives (Barten, 2001) |
 Like the morning mist, history lingers in the hills and valleys of Western Massachusetts. In Shelburne Falls, tangible reminders of this rural community's former prominence as a regional railroad connection are everywhere in evidence. From 1896 through 1926, the Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway was a vital part of this connection, linking communities along the North River to Shelburne Falls and the railroads. HTML |
| Vintage Trolley Color Pics (Barten, 2006) |
 We present a group of 10 vintage trolley paintings used by the Standard Motor Truck Company to promote their trolley trucks. The article inlcudes a discussion of pitfalls in determining vintage colors.
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