Early plans for the Washington Metro, 1962 Size:18x24 The last streetcars would run

The last streetcars would run in 1963

going as far as Waco

Much like the Beatles

SEPTA hired University of Pennsylvania engineering professor Vukan Vuchic to design the operations plan depicted here

shortly after the company was purchased by purchased by GM-owned National City Lines

Early plans for the Washington Metro, 1962 Size:18x24 The last streetcars would runThe early versions of what would become the Washington Metro are recognizable even today, but there are substantial differences. While, for instance, the Blue Line through Virginia is broadly recognizable (line 7), the Orange Line (line 8 on the map) would've run in the median of I 66 and the Red Line's routing is pretty dramatically different. Much of the process that was involved in getting the Washington Metro built was the product of political