Barney Larrick
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Benson “Barney” Larrick was a 20-year veteran of National City Lines who later went on to hold an important office at Twin City Rapid Transit (TCRT). He was convicted in 1960 of illegally taking personal profit as the TCRT streetcar lines were dismantled and the assets sold for scrap in the early 1950s.
He was interviewed for the 1996 documentary film Taken for a Ride, which examined some of the causes leading to the disappearance of streetcars from American cities in the mid-20th century. The film has been shown on the PBS series P.O.V..