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Title: Street Railways
Description: Information about the Kansas City and Westport Horse Railroad, streetcars, trolleys, cable cars, the 8th Street tunnel, and incline as well as about the men responsible like Nehemiah Holmes, Bernard Corrigan, and William J. Smith.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Streetcars Rolling into Reality
Description: Two possible routes--one on Main Street and the other on Grand Boulevard--are being considered for a rail line linking Union Station to the River Market area. "For about 20 years, Kansas City has spent millions of dollars trying to develop light-rail plans that covered many miles and reached into different areas of the city. This time, the city is focusing on a 2-mile route centered in downtown." Includes a color-coded map of the two possible routes. The "modern" streetcar, that looks like a light-rail train, would be employed on the route. The project could cost between $60 million and $100 million.
Date: 2011-08-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Streetcars For KC Are Running Late
Description: Article explains the current situation of the streetcar system for downtown Kansas City. According to the article, the work being done on the tracks is on time but the streetcars are running late in getting assembled and sent to Kansas City.
Date: 2015-08-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Streetcar Line Tech Services Endorsed: $3.7 million in city funds for information kiosks, free wi-fi will go to the full KC Council today.
Description: A measure endorsed by the Kansas City Council's Finance Committee is intended to bring together city funds and private sector funds for a "Smart City" initiative. The initiative would provide interactive digital kiosks along the streetcar route.
Date: 2015-04-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Streetcar Plan Passes
Description: Downtown voters approved a special taxing district to help fund a $100 million streetcar project. The two-mile line will run from the River Market to Union Station and is scheduled to be in operation by 2015. The article includes a map of the proposed streetcar district.
Date: 2012-08-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Next Stop: Streetcars
Description: Article announces that the tax initiative to fund a two-mile streetcar system in downtown Kansas City has been approved by voters. Various civic leaders are interviewed and discuss the potential for a Jackson County transit tax to expand the system, construction plans, and the various controversies surrounding the downtown streetcar initiative.
Date: 2012-12-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: KC Streetcar Glory Days Hold Lessons for Today
Description: Article focuses upon problems related to Kansas City streetcars of the past as well as those observers predict will affect future streetcar line projects. Former riders of KC streetcars and one former streetcar driver are interviewed and provide their insights. The primary concerns addressed by the article are: streetcars and automotive traffic, the connectivity of KC area neighborhoods, and the high cost of putting in new streetcar lines.
Date: 2013-11-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: End of Electric Transit Era
Description: Photo and caption about the end and history of the city's electric street cars, with history since 1884.
Date: 1959-01-04
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Country Club Line Streetcar
Description: Route 56, Country Club line car crossing 62nd Terrace, between Brookside Plaza and Wornall Rd. The streetcar is heading south about to enter the Brookside Station. The building in the background is the Brookside Garage, on the site of the current Cosentino's Market.
Date: 1955
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Street Car, Trolley Bus and Motor Bus Lines Serving Greater Kansas City
Description: Map showing streetcar, motor bus, and trolley bus lines. Streets are not identified, but points of interest are. Inlcudes an enlarged downtown Kansas City section.
Date: 1941
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City Park, Boulevard, Street Railway and Railway Map of Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kas.
Description: Map of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, showing parks, park districts, cemeteries, streets, railroad lines, and trolley lines. Inset map shows location of freight depots and express companies throughout the Midwest.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Greater Kansas City and Suburbs
Description: Street map of Kansas City area, including Rosedale and Kansas City, Kansas; North Kansas City, Independence, and Mount Washington in Missouri. Shows classes of roads, railroad lines, and streetcar lines as well as clubs and cemeteries. Includes index to streets and streetcar lines.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Map

Title: 1914 Map of Greater Kansas City
Description: Street map of Kansas City metropolitan area featuring successive circular lines in one mile intervals out from New Union Station. Rosedale, North Kansas City, Independence, and Kansas City, Kansas, are shown, with indexes to streets and street car lines.
Date: 1914
Object Type: Map

Title: Park, Boulevard, Street Railway and Railway Map of Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kas.
Description: Street map of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, showing parks, park districts, railroad and street car lines, etc. Inset map of the Midwest shows railroad lines converging on Kansas City.
Date: 1894
Object Type: Map

Title: Automobile Headlight and Reflection
Description: Close-up view of a chrome headlight showing the reflection of a passing streetcar, bicyclist, and buildings.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Negative

Title: A Dose of Rail Transit Reality for KC
Description: A $1.8 million federal grant awarded in December to Jackson County included $540,000 to study a two-mile streetcar line from Crown Center to the River Market. The "streetcar system could be built for as little as $15 million per mile" compared to light rail, "which costs about $60 million per mile."
Date: 2011-01-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Old KC Streetcars Could Find Rail Use
Description: A panel discussion on light rail in Kansas City was held in April 2007 sponsored by the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects. At this meeting it was mentioned that Ed Metka of Windber, Pennsylvania, owns 10 old Kansas City streetcars which were among the last to be purchased by the Kansas City Public Service in the late 1940s. These streetcars left this area 50 years ago and were used in Philadelphia until 1984. He suggested it would be nice for Kansas City to run these now. "Only Boston, New Orleans, San Francisco and Philadelphia have streetcars running that are original to those cities." These streetcars could be restored for around $1.5 million each. They would accommodate 45 people seated and up to 100 standing, going 45 mph at full speed.
Date: 2007-04-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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