Lake Shore Electric

Chronology

30.05.1938	Streetcars are for the last time used in passenger service. On Memorial Day several cars provide special service between Sandusky and Oakland Cemetery.
25.05.1938	Soldiers Home line in Sandusky, the last rail service of the Lake Shore Electric, is converted to bus.
14.05.1938	Last day of the interurban service on the Lake Shore Electric. Cleveland–Toledo line, Fremont–Bellevue–Ceylon Junction (Norwalk) shuttles and Gibsonburg branch are converted to bus the following day.
13.05.1938	Norwalk local service is discontinued.
15.11.1937	Fremont–Ceylon Junction (Norwalk) line is split into two shuttles terminating at Bellevue due to underpass construction at Main Street.
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Lake Shore Electric Railway Co. 1901–1938

List of the models Vehicles without photos

Maps

• Maps and Plans

City Photo Galleries

• Miscellaneous Photos

New Photos

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Information

Sources

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

2. Joseph A. Galloway. Interurban Trails. NRHS Eastern Ohio Chapter, 1945.

3. Lawrence A. Brough and James H. Graebner. From Small Town to Downtown: A History of the Jewett Car Company. Bloomington: Indiana University, 2004.

See also

Personal site of Dr. Harold E. Cox, a source for car builders order lists — http://streetcars.telcen.com/

Links

Lake Shore Rail Maps http://www.lakeshorerailmaps.com/   Lake Shore Rail Maps website strives to interpret the history of the railway through the lens of local history