The History of the St. Louis Car Company, "Quality Shops"

Fascinating history of the St. Louis Car Company from its founding in 1887 to its demise in 1976, providing insight into not only the development over the years of a wide variety of products but also into the management that kept the company growing for almost 90 years. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos, schematic diagrams and line drawings of the entire range of products, from the Birney Cars and PCC trolleys to the cars, buses, subway cars, train cars, aircraft and trucks that the SLCC produced. With footnotes and decorative end papers. 302 pages with index.