Download or read book Pioneers of the Street Railway in the USA, Street Tramways in the UK ... and Elsewhere written by Alan W. Brotchie and published by . This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Street railways - or passenger tramways - were a product of the USA. This book is the result of a transatlantic collaboration between two transport historians and re-eaxamines the subject by going back to primary sources. There is special focus on the American car builder, John Stephenson and of the influence of the US entrepreneur, George Francis Train on developments in the UK.