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Part 1
Description
Fleming and Scott discuss the types of cars used on the Railway and details of their construction and operation, including the procedure for charging them, use of lights to indicate whether passengers were waiting at a particular stop, what colors they were painted, and handling livestock grazing on right-of-ways; individual Railway lines, including the exact route of the Glendale line and the year of its decommissioning, the various lines Scott drove on, and the use of buses on the Kenilworth line in the 1930s; working conditions, including salaries and motormen being robbed; the construction of the tracks the Railway ran over; and Fleming's efforts to locate, acquire, and preserve historic streetcars.
Date Created
1972-01-30
Date Digitized
2016-06
Contributors
- Fleming, Lawrence J., 1932- (Interviewer)
- Scott, Bill (William Henry), 1892-1975 (Interviewee)
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Extent
0:36:04
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Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.A.182931
Preferred Citation
Interview with Bill Scott, Lawrence J. Fleming Papers, MSS-388, Arizona State University Library
Note
This recording was amplified using Audacity software in April 2017 to improve low audio levels.
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- 2021-07-12 12:52:08
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- 2021-08-20 01:52:55
- 2 years 8 months ago
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