Dayton

Chronology

20.10.2017	RTA board of trustees authorized purchase of 26 NexGen trolleybuses with Vossloh Kiepe electrical equipment and Gillig bus bodies at ~$1,2 million each. The expected service target date is 2019. 80% of the purchase will be financed by the US federal funds. 15 more trolleybuses will be bought once federal funding becomes available. The NexGen trolleybus costs 63% more than a standard diesel bus, but has a 20-year / 800,000 mile life before rehabs, compared to the diesel’s 12-year / 500,000 mile life. Electric trolleybuses are also cheaper to operate, better for the environment and quieter. The purchase comes after 3 years of testing of 4 prototypes — 2 with a diesel auxiliary option, and 2 with a battery option. The model chosen will be powered off-wire by a 1361-kg Lithium Titanate Oxide battery, which allows driving for 15 miles off-wire at 50 mph fully loaded. http://transphoto.ru/photo/1057646/
01.03.2015	Delivery of four Gillig / Vossloh Kiepe prototype dual-mode buses is complete. Two buses use a diesel-powered generator to power the traction motors and the other two use batteries only.
28.09.1947	Streetcar operation in Dayton is discontinued.
02.05.1870	Dayton Street Railway Co. opens first horse street railway line in Dayton.
	All Entries

×	Dayton Street Railway (I) 1868–1893. 1893 to City Railway Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Oakwood Street Railway Co. 1870–1936	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	City Railway Co. 1893–1947	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	People's Transit Co. 1906 Peoples Railway → 1940–1945 People's Transit. 1945 to City Railway Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Dayton Street Railway (II) 1908–1933	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Dayton & Western Traction Co. 1897–1937 (in operation 1898)	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Dayton–Xenia Railway Co. 1899 Dayton & Xenia Traction Co. → 1901 Dayton & Xenia Transit Co. → 1909 Dayton, Springfield & Xenia Southern Ry. Co. → 1926–1940 Dayton–Xenia Railway Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Dayton, Covington & Piqua Traction Co. 1901–1926 (in operation 1902)	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Dayton & Troy Electric Railway Co. 1901–1932	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad Co. 1902 Cincinnati, Dayton & Toledo Traction Co. → 1918 Cincinnati & Dayton Traction Co. → 1926 Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co. → 1929–1939 Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
M	Carillon Park	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	All vehicles in the city	List of the models Vehicles without photos

•	Greater Dayton RTA 1933 Dayton Street Transit → 1941 City Railway → 1955 City Transit → 1972 Miami Valley RTA → 2003 Greater Dayton RTA	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Oakwood Street Railway Co. 1936–1956. 1956 to City Transit	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Dayton–Xenia Railway Co. 1940–1955. 1955 to City Transit	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	All vehicles in the city	List of the models Vehicles without photos

Maps

• Maps and Plans

City Photo Galleries

• Trolleybus Lines and Infrastructure
• Greater Dayton RTA Garage
• Trolleybus — Miscellaneous Photos
• Streetcars (City) — Miscellaneous Photos
• Tickets

New Photos

All updates

Information

Sources

1. Harold E. Cox. The Birney Car. Forty Fort, PA: Author, 1966.

2. William Reed Gordon, ‎Richard M. Wagner. The Overlook Route: the Dayton, Covington and Piqua Traction Co. Trolley Talk, 1972.

3. Alan Lind. From Horsecars to Streamliners: An Illustrated History of the St. Louis Car Company. Park Forest, IL: Transport History Press, 1978.

4. Lawrence A. Brough and James H. Graebner. From Small Town to Downtown: A History of the Jewett Car Company, 1893-1919 (Railroads Past and Present). Indiana University Press, 2004.

5. Scott D. Trostel, The Barney & Smith Car Company: Car Builders. Fletcher, Ohio: CamTech, 1993.

6. Herbert H. Jr. Harwood and Robert S. Korach. The Lake Shore Electric Story. Bloomington: Indiana University, 2000.

See also

http://streetcars.telcen.com/ — a personal site of Dr. Harold E. Cox with author’s books and car builders’ order lists.

[RU] Подробный отчёт по техническим проблемам с троллейбусами Škoda 14TrE2 поставки 1998-1999 гг:
The Bouncing Bohemians — отчёт от 20.08.2002.

Video

• Trolleybuses in Dayton, Ohio 2018

Active Photographers of the City

1st place: Ymtram — 36 photos
2nd place: Palal — 15 photos
3rd place: Кузнецов Григорий — 14 photos

Full list of photographers