Schmidt - Capital Transit

From the Schmidt Photo Collection, Capital Transit (later known as D. C. Transit)

Of particular interest are the photos showing the aftermath of a bad snowstorm and its effects on the conduit system.  Men are at work cleaning out the snow and ice from the conduit.  No cars have been able to run for 30 hours due to the storm, and the first car or two have to be pushed or pulled by trucks along the street.

Loop at Rosslyn, Va.    June 1943

700-class car, one-man    Potomac Park     July 1945

Plow pit     Cabin John line    Georgetown
N-bound car     Nov. 1943

Seat Pleasant line, Columbia Rd. & 16th St.
Removing ice from conduit    2/9/61

Seat Pleasant line, Columbia Rd. & 16th St.
Men at clean-out hole removing ice    2/9/61

Seat Pleasant line
Trucks for conduit crews    2/9/61

Sand truck pushing 1st car over Seat Pleasant in 30 hrs
a/c bad snow   Columbia Rd near 16th St.    2/9/61

Seat Pleasant line

Work car, pits, Georgetown   1/9/60
1 week after abandonment

Line car at old Falls car barn, Georgetown    1/9/60
1 week after abandonment