New York Transit Museum#TokenTuesday: #DidYouKnow the #NYTMCollection contains dozens of tokens from cities outside of New York? They represent lost transit systems, mostly former streetcar lines. This month we’re sharing images of token obverses from the Southeast and West regions of the United States:
1. Wheeling Traction Company: operated interurban railways and streetcars in the Wheeling, WV area from 1901 to 1933. In 1933, employees worked together to buy the company, renaming it Co-operative Transit Company.
2. Miami Transit Company: operated from circa 1915 to 1948, at which point the company was purchased by William Pawley, owner of the Miami Beach Railway.
3. Denver Tramway: operated streetcar lines in Denver, CO beginning in 1886. Its streetcars ran on an unusually narrow gauge. The system was converted to bus operation in 1950 and sold to the City of Denver in 1971.
4. Los Angeles Railway (or LARy): operated from 1901-1963, and was eventually purchased by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority. LARy was known as the "Yellow Cars", as opposed to the Pacific Electric's "Red Cars".
5. Druid City Lines: operated a former transit system in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
6. Knoxville Transit Lines: operated streetcars in Knoxville, TN until 1967, when it was bought out by the city and renamed Knoxville Transit Corporation (KTC). Token is dated 1946.
