Charles F. Klapper

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Charles F. Klapper Charles Frederick Klapper (29 March 1905-1980) was a transport writer and editor of Modern Transport magazine and Trains Illustrated. He was vice-president of the Institute of Transport and President of the Railway & Canal Historical Society and the London Underground Railway Society. [1]

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