Rendering of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Railcar Interior, circa 1974

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THF247367 / Rendering of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Railcar Interior, circa 1974
THF247382 / Rendering of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Railcar Interior, circa 1974 / mount front
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Artifact Overview

Atlanta joined San Francisco and Washington, D.C., in reviving rail-based rapid transit when it opened the first segment of its Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority system in 1979. MARTA's original fleet included 120 aluminum railcars, each 75 feet long, built by France's Societe Franco-Belge. Most of the 53-mile, 40-station system envisioned by MARTA's planners was completed by 2001.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Subject Date

circa 1974

Creators

Collection Title

Sundberg-Ferar Transportation Design Records

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

95.1.1788.577

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in

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