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SITEUR opened a second, east-west route, also

underground, in 1994. Both the light rail lines and the

trolleybus system are still going strong in 2003.

In addition to the books and articles listed below, the

author is indebted to Foster M. Palmer of Massachusetts


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and Luis Len Torrealba of Mexico City for the invaluable

information that they provided about urban transportation

in Guadalajara. Seor Len rode the trams there in the

1930s and 40s, drew maps of the routes and collectedhistorical data. He was perhaps the first genuine tramway

enthusiast in Latin America.

BIBLIOGRAPHY(in order of publication)

"El Material Rodante y Propulsor para una Va" inMexico

Moderno (Mxico), 10/1906, p. 46. Announcement of the

McGuire Cummings contract to build Guadalajara's first

electric trams.

"Electric Equipment Ordered in 1906" inElectric Railway

Review (Chicago), January 1907, lists the trams that

McGuire Cummings Co. will build for Guadalajara.

Illustrated articles about Guadalajara trams built by

Stephenson, Brill and American Car Co. inBrill [orBrill's]

Magazine of 7/ 1907, 135; 8/1908, 177-181; 9/1910, 264-

265; and 6/1916, 180-182.

Directorio del Estado de Jalisco, 1912. Guadalajara

tramway itineraries, pp. 106-107. An unnumbered page has

an advertisement by the Agencia de Inhumaciones deAlberto Reneaum for "El Servicio Elctrico de Carros

Funbres" (electric funeral car service), with an illustration

of a motorized funeral car.


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Ignacio Saldaa. Plano de la Ciudad de Guadalajara.

Guadalajara, 1919. Good map of the tramway lines in the

city center.

Jos T. Laris. Guadalajara de las Indias. Guadalajara,

1945. Tramway development, pp. 37-39.

J. Jesus Martnez Vallejo. 100 Aos de Actividad Social en

la Fbrica La Experiencia. Guadalajara, 1951. Streetcar

and bus service to La Experiencia textile mill, pp. 46-49.

Enrique Francisco Camarena Martnez.Narraciones

Tapatas, 1900-1950. Guadalajara, 1953. A 4-volume

collection of newspaper columns. "La Inauguracin de los

Trenes Elctricos" in vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 47-55, contains

valuable information, as does a discussion of abandonments

in vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 218-219.

"Guadalajara System Opens!" in Trolley Coach News,

Louisville, no. 38 (Winter 1976-1977), pp. 2, 21-27.Inauguration of the trolleybus system.

Jos Mara Muria.Historia de Jalisco. Guadalajara, 1982.

Tramway history in vol. 4, pp. 167-170. Quotes Camarena

(1953).

Rodolfo Snchez Gmez.El Transporte Colectivo de

Pasajeros en la Zona Metropolitana deGuadalajara.Guadalajara, 1983.

"LRT Developments in Mexico" inMass Transit

(Washington, DC), June 1989, pp. 16-22. Development of

the Tren Elctrico Urbano.


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Steve Morgan. Excellent series of articles, with photos and

maps, about the trolleybus system in Trolleybus Magazine

(England) nos. 173 (9-10/1990), pp. 104-115; 208 (7-

8/1996), pp. 89-96; and 209 (9-10, 1996), 110-118.

Francisco Javier Uribe Topete. "Los Transportes de los

Tapatos" in vol. 1, pp. 107-238, ofCaptulos de Historia

de la Ciudad de Guadalajara. Guadalajara, 1992. Good

tramway history; "Tranvas Elctricos" section quotes

Camarena (1953).

Bernardo Carlos Casas.Estampas de Tlaquepaque.Guadalajara, 1994. Nice photos of an electric tram and of

the trolleybus inauguration in 1977.

Sistema de Tren Elctrico Urbano. Official website of the

light rail system: history, map, photos, etc.

Tren Ligero. Another site about the light rail system:

history, photos, better map.

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