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Flat motors were often the first pieces of rolling stock acquired by a new interurban railway. They were cheap, strong, and incredibly rugged; perfect for building a new railway.
Take this Puget Sound Electric Railway motor for example. Practically a moving shed on wheels!
The Electric Railway Journal is an excellent source to get photos and references of interurbans from long ago. Here's one such reference I found: a whole article documenting the Oakland, Antioch, & Eastern Railway's new Hall-Scott trailers!
Pretty neat information and stuff.
Nothing can stop the mighty Octopus!
A Southern Pacific car ferry makes its way along the Willamette River, after the 1948 Vanport floods.