The Visalia Electric Railroad
Title | The Visalia Electric Railroad PDF eBook |
Author | Louise A. Jackson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2012-11-04 |
Genre | Railroads |
ISBN | 9780972283748 |
The Visalia Electric Railroad
Title | The Visalia Electric Railroad PDF eBook |
Author | Phillips C. Kauke |
Publisher | |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Railroads |
ISBN | 9781930013155 |
Visalia Railroads
Title | Visalia Railroads PDF eBook |
Author | Western railroader |
Publisher | |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
California's Electric Railways
Title | California's Electric Railways PDF eBook |
Author | Harre W. Demoro |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Pacific Electric Railway
Title | Pacific Electric Railway PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Crise |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 9780738575865 |
The Pacific Electric Railway originally provided reliable transportation across more than 1,000 miles of track. Postwar society's affair with the automobile led to the loss of an infrastructure that could have formed the basis for an enviable modern light-rail system, one that current society would be happy to utilize. Authors Steve Crise and Michael Patris look back at the railway and its landscape today. Both serve on the board of the Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society, from whose archives most of these images are taken.
The Street Railway Journal
Title | The Street Railway Journal PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1304 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | Electric railroads |
ISBN |
Electric Trains and Trolleys (1880-present)
Title | Electric Trains and Trolleys (1880-present) PDF eBook |
Author | John Bankston |
Publisher | Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2012-09-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1612283659 |
Steam–powered locomotives helped bring people across the West but they also brought their share of problems. Traveling through enclosed tunnels or past the tall buildings of cities, the smoke from steam engines could be dangerous, even deadly. The story of electric trains is the story of the search for a better way. Electrically powered trains and trolleys helped build cities like Los Angeles. They let people live in new places, even far from where they worked. They were fast and efficient and led to some of the most modern trains on earth.