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Author | : George Woodman Hilton |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780804740142 |
Download The Electric Interurban Railways in America Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans were largely constructed in the early 1900s. The rise of the automobile and motor transport caused the industry to decline after World War I, and the depression virtually annihilated the industry by the middle 1930s. Part I describes interurban construction, technology, passenger and freight traffic, financial history, and final decline and abandonment. Part II presents individual histories (with route maps) of the more than 300 companies of the interurban industry. Reviews "A first-rate work of such detail and discernment that it might well serve as a model for all corporate biographies. . . . A wonderfully capable job of distillation." Trains "Few economic, social, and business historians can afford to miss this definitive study." Mississippi Valley Historical Review "All seekers after nostalgia will be interested in this encyclopedic volume on the days when the clang, clang of the trolley was the most exciting travel sound the suburbs knew." Harper's Magazine "A fascinating and instructive chapter in the history of American transportation." Journal of Economic History "The hint that behind the grand facade of scholarship lies an expanse of boyish enthusiasm is strengthened by a lovingly amassed and beautifully reproduced collection of 37 photographs." The Nation
Author | : American Street and Interurban Railway Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 826 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Paul Castelhun Trimble |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
Download Interurban Railways of the Bay Area Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Fascinating history of the numerous electric street railways (interurbans) that once criss-crossed northern California and the San Francisco Bay area. Covers the Interurban Electric Railway (the Big Red Cars), the Key System, the Market Street Railway, the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, the Peninsular Railway, the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad, the Sacramento Northern, and the San Francisco, Napa & Calistoga Railway. There is a roster and map for each railroad line. The book also discusses the Bay area ferry lines (with rosters), smaller streetcar lines, and the "what ifs?" represented by BART. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With list of car builders and ferryboat builders. 199 pages with index.
Author | : American Street and Interurban Railway Transportation and Traffic Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Brent Cassan |
Publisher | : Booksurge Publishing |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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This bibliography will serve as a useful starting point for research on street and interurban railroads. It includes books from standard trade publishers, as well as government documents, and engineering reports.
Author | : American Street and Interurban Railway Engineering Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 684 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Robert Townley |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738530086 |
Download San Francisco's Interurban to San Mateo Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
It's strange to think that an electric commuter rail line rivaling BART in efficiency, speed, and comfort ran over 100 years ago between San Francisco and San Mateo, but run it did. The 40 Line, or San Mateo Interurban, began in 1892 with an initial segment operating between Market and Steuart Streets out to the county limits on San Jose Avenue. Three years later, the line reached Baden in present-day South San Francisco, and by 1903 service was opened all the way to downtown San Mateo. During the line's heyday, there was talk of extending it down the peninsula from San Mateo to Palo Alto to connect with the Peninsular Railway to San Jose. The 1906 earthquake put this plan on hold. Following much the same route as today's Mission Street, El Camino Real, and Caltrain, the San Mateo Interurban carried over four million passengers a year along its main and spur lines until 1949, when the system was shut down amidst much fanfare.
Author | : Thomas Conway (Jr.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : |
Download The Traffic Problems of Interurban Electric Railroads Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1276 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : American Electric Railway Transportation and Traffic Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 646 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : |
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