WORLD PREMIER: CERA's 2nd Friday, February 13, 2026 Zoom Presentation: Harvey Laner: Denver Tramways

WORLD PREMIER

CERA’s February 13, 2026 Zoom Presentation

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Meeting Number 814 9251 7167  Passcode  880028

Zoom Presentation

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Harvey Laner

The Denver Tramway

To many, the Denver Tramway remains something of a mystery among

American streetcar systems. Puzzling, mysterious and in a way difficult to

make sense of. It was built on a 42-inch gauge. It even had some

streetcars numbered as decimals. And its name had “Tramway” in it which

is odd in a country where the European term for streetcars is hardly ever

used.

At the height of streetcar operations, Denver Tramway owned more than

160 miles of track and operated over 250 streetcars, most built by Woeber

Carriage Company. Hardly a St Louis Car Company or JG Brill streetcar to

be found. Another Denver oddity.

With movie clips on hand from various railfan collections, the search was

underway for first-person knowledge some seventy-five years after the last

streetcar had run in Denver. That knowledge came from John Cox, a

native Denverite, and the son of Thurston D. Cox, Denver Tramways

Superintendent of Transportation at the time of his retirement in 1971.

This program combines the collaboration of Harvey Laner and John Cox

through historic films and photographs with lively conversational narration

to provide a thorough, comprehensive overview of America’s fascinating

mile-high streetcar system.

There will also be a short In The News program preceding the regular program.

This program is open to all CERA members, their guests and the public.

Mark this date on your calendar!