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Railfans
Subways
of the World (Enthusiast Color Series)
by Stan Fischler
Paperback - 96 pages (September 2000)
Michael
Brein's Guide to Paris by the Metro
City
Trains : Moving Through America's Cities by Rail by Roger
Yepsen
An entertaining history of urban rail over the last 200 years, including
subways, trams, els, cable cars and inclines. Accompanied with many black
and white photos. This book is hard to find but sometimes Amazon can locate
a used copy. Highly recommended.
Publication date: May 1993
The
Directory of British Tramways : Every Passenger-Carrying Tramway, Past
and Present : Every Passenger-Carrying Tramway, Past and Present
by Keith
Turner, Keith
Turne
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Hardcover, 256 pages
Published by Haynes Publications, April 1996
Light
Rail Transit on the West Coast
by Demoro
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Paperback
Published by Quadrant Press, June 1989
Light
Rail Transit Systems
by Oecd
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Paperback
Published by O E C D, December 1994
Underground
Woman : My Four Years As a New York City Subway Conductor
by Marian Swerdlow
272 pages, March 1998
Regional
When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails (Interurbans Special) by Ronald Deiter
A history of Eastern Michigan';s interurbans. Published by Interurban Press.
Publication date: 1988
Horse
Trails to Regional Rails : The Story of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland
by Jim
Toman, Blaine
S. Hays, James
A. Toman
Hardcover, 365 pages
Kent State Univ Press, September 1996
Midwest Book Review :
With its hundreds of historical photographs, Horse Trails To Regional
Rails tells the story of two centuries of public transportation in Greater
Cleveland as it developed from a trading post on Lake Erie to an industrial
giant of the American heartland. A growing urban center, transportation
policies and practices both promoted and reflected the dynamics of change
from the opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal to the opening of the new waterfront
rapid transit. The scope of Horse Trails To Regional Rails is comprehensive
(canal, river, lake, and air transport) with a focus is on Cleveland's
streetcars, interurbans, trackless trolleys, buses, and rapid transit trains.
Also explored are the effects of the coming of the automobile and its inevitable
impact on the city. Detailed maps show the changing transportation infrastructure,
and due attention is given to the political, social, and technological
forces that affected public transportation. Horse Trails To Regional Rails
is a minor masterpiece of historical scholarship and a benchmark publication.
The
San Diego Trolley
by Gena
Holle
Paperback
Published by Interurban Press, October 1990
Cleveland's
Transit Vehicles : Equipment and Technology
by Jim
Toman, Blaine
S. Hays, James
A. Toman
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Hardcover, 288 pages
Published by Kent State Univ Press, November 1996
Baltimore's
Light Rail
by Herbert
Jr Rarwood
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Paperback
Published by Quadrant Press, June 1995
To
Tacoma by Trolley : The Puget Sound Electric Railway
by Warren W. Wing, Mike Pearsall (Illustrator)
Hardcover, May 1996
Technical
Civil
Engineering for Underground Rail Transport by Jack Edwards
Everything you ever wanted to know about building subways, from route
planning to tunnel drilling to station design. This is really a book for
engineers but railfans with technical interests should find it comprehensible
and thorough. It is rather hard to find.
Publication date: August 1990
Rapid
Rail Transit and Planning Tools (Transportation Research Record, 1152)
Paperback
Published by Transportation Research Board
Publication date: July 1988
Light Rail Transit : Planning, Design, and Operating Experience : Papers Presented at the Sixth National Conference on Light Rail Transit
Paperback
Published by Transportation Research Board
Publication date: December 1992
If you're not into the technical side of tractioning, you might wantto skip these conference papers. If you are involved in LRT planning, it is an excellent guide.
Nostalgia
Surf, Sand & Streetcars : A Mobile History of Santa Cruz, California by Charles S. McCaleb
Hardcover
Published by Museum of Art & History
Publication date: July 1995
The
Public Service Trolley Lines in New Jersey
by Edward
Hamm
Hardcover
Published by Transportation Trails
Publication date: June 1997
A review for history buffs and traction fans alike. The book is thorough
and inclined toward traction exclusively. A must for a traction fan's collection.
Street
Railways and the Growth of Los Angeles : Horse, Cable, Electric Lines
by Robert
C. Post
Hardcover
Published by Golden West Books, November 1989
While this was conceived mainly as a book for train and trolley buffs, it does, by documenting the spread of mass transit through the LA basin, form a history of urban growth. The abundant photos are not entirely of rolling stock and track.
San
Diego's South Bay Interurban
by Ralph
Forty
Paperback
Published by Interurban Press, February 1987
The
Longest Interurban Charter
by Larry
Plachno
Paperback
Published by Transportation Trails
Publication date: August 1988
Fares,
Please! : Those Portland Trolley Years
by John
T. Labbe
Published by Caxton Printers
Publication date: September 1979
A nostaligic ride through Portland's trolley years with little if nothing about the MAX.
Last
of the Red Cars
by Jim
Walker
Published by Interurban Press
Publication date: March 1991
This one's out of print but sometimes Amazon can find you a copy. Well worth it, with oodles of photos af the old Long Beach Line and several of the reopened blue line from 1990.
Fifty
Years of Rapid Transit, 1864-1917 (The Rise of Urban America)
by James
Walker
These are on back order and there's a good reason why. Availability: This title is currently on back order. We do not have a reprint date for this title, but we expect to be able to ship it to you within 3-5 weeks.
Reprinted 19th Edition
Hardcover
Published by Ayer Co, June 1970
Interstate
: A History of Interstate Public Service Rail Operations
by Jerry
Marlette (Editor)
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Hardcover
Published by Transportation Trails, December 1990
30
Years Later the Shore Line : Evanston-Waukegan, 1896-1955
by Norman
Carlson (Editor)
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Paperback
Published by Central Electric Railfans Assn
Publication date: October 1985
100
Years of British Electric Tramways
by E.
Jackson-Stevens
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Hardcover
Published by David & Charles
Publication date: September 1985
The
History of Baltimore's Streetcars
by Michael
R. Farrell
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Hardcover, 312 pages
Published by Greenberg Pub
Publication date: October 1992
Trolley
Wars : Streetcar Workers on the Line
by Scott
Molloy
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Hardcover
Published by Smithsonian Inst Pr
Publication date: January 1996
From Booklist
, 12/15/95:
Labor and industrial relations professor Molloy examines the conflicts
that grew out of America's shift from horse-drawn to electric-powered transport
in heavily urbanized Rhode Island during the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. In only a few years, the fledgling electric trolley
car industry exploded, causing a host of benefits and problems. On the
labor front, trolley workers split along the lines of age and seniority,
fighting each other over pay and benefits. Management and owners battled
labor unions. Meanwhile, the trolley's reliability and speed made life
more efficient--and hectic. In shaping cities, the trolley prompted the
blossoming of suburbs, as the middle and upper classes now had an easy
means to enter and leave the congested cities. An extremely readable mix
of history, sociology, and labor politics.
Copyright© 1995, American Library Association. All rights reserved
Booknews, Inc. , 06/01/96:
When trolley drivers in Providence, Rhode Island went on strike in
1902 for better wages, shorter hours, and safety measures, the riders and
public that had known them for years turned out in force to support them
against the out-of-state owners and the corrupt state government. Former
city bus driver and union president Molloy (labor and industrial relations,
U. of Rhode Island) draws heavily on contemporary newspaper accounts to
tell the story. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Midwest Book Review :
The roots of trolley transit expansion and the rise of the trolley
car is charted in a fine title which focuses not just on transit history,
but on the underlying local politics which influenced the trolley's rise,
and the labor disputes which arose. This will be an important college-level
guide both for transportation classes and for students of labor relations:
it charts Rhode Island's turn-of-the-century car wars and their relationship
to larger patterns of labor unrest and mass transit issues in the country.
Electric
Interurban Railways in America
by G.
W. Hilton
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Hardcover
Published by Stanford Univ Pr
Publication date: June 1960
Yale
Bowl and the Open Trolleys
by John
D. Somers, John
D Somers
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Unknown Binding, 56 pages
Published by Dorrance Pub Co
Publication date: February 1997
The publisher, Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. http://www.usaor.net/dorrance/
, 10/09/97:
Review
"Anybody who's into trolleys would enjoy [YALE BOWL AND THE OPEN TROLLEYS]."
George Boucher
Director
Shore Line Trolley Museum
In the 1880s, the American game of football was devised at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. About the same time, the first successful trolley system was built in Richmond, Virginia. The trolleys soon became very popular, giving people a new, reliable, and inexpensive means of mobility that never had been available to them before.
The growth in popularity of football was tremendous, and consent was reached to build a showplace for Yale University's football team. Opening day at Yale Bowl for the Yale-Harvard game in 1914 was a sellout, and the open trolleys carried 33,000 to the game.
The factual detail and historic perspective offered by Mr. Somers, complimented by fifty-three original photographs sharing the visual history of the era, make this a must for any trolley or train enthusiast.
The
first electric road : a history of the Box Hill and Doncaster tramway
by Robert.
GreenAvailability: This title is out of print, but if you place an
order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months.
Published by J. Mason Press
History of the Doncaster-Box Hill Tramway
"The First Electric Road" is a short history of the electric tramway
which ran between Doncaster and Box Hill between 1889 and 1895. (Doncaster
and Box Hill are now part of suburban Melbourne, Australia). This was the
first electric tramway in the southern hemisphere. The book is well written
and researched. It is liberally illustrated with photograpghs and contains
several maps. The book is an essential item for anyone who is interested
in the tramways of the greatest tramway city in the English speaking world.
The book is available from the author at 730 Hawthorn Road, East Brighton,
Victoria, Australia
Traction
in Franklin County, Vermont : St. Albans Street Railway, St. Albans &
Swanton Traction Company
by James
R. McFarlane
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Paperback
Published by Natl Bus Trader
Publication date: December 1997
Sunset
Lines : The Story of the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad
by Larry
Plachno
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Volume 1
Hardcover
Published by Transportation Trails
Publication date: March 1987
Trolleycars
: Streetcars, Trams and Trolleys of North America : A Photographic History
by Frank
Sullivan, Fred
Winkowski
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Paperback, 128 pages
Published by Motorbooks International
Publication date: January 1995
Traction
Classics : The Interurbans : Extra Fast and Extra Fare
by William
D. Middleton
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Volume 2
Hardcover
Published by Golden West Books
Publication date: October 1984
The
Colorful Streetcars We Rode (Bulletin 125)
by Norman
Carlson
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Paperback
Published by Central Electric Railfans Assn, June
1986
Street
Railways of Louisiana
by Louis
C., Hennick
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Hardcover
Published by Pelican Pub Co, September 1979
Baltimore
and Its Streetcars
by Herbert
Jr. Harwood
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Paperback
Published by Quadrant Pr
Publication date: June 1984
The
Cable Car in America : A New Treatise upon Cable or Rope Traction As
Applied to the Working of Street and Other Railways
by George
Woodman Hilton
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Hardcover
Published by Stanford Univ Press
Publication date: June 1997
Yet
There Isn't a Train I Wouldn't Take: Railway Journeys
by William D. Middleton
Hardcover, 256 pages
July 2000
Kids
Underground
Train
Start the young 'uns right and indoctrinate them into the joys of traction
before the evil automobile companies begin their brainwashing. Award-winning
author Mary Quattlebaum brings the sights and sounds of the subway to young
train lovers and their parents in this bright, kinetic book, perfect for
reading aloud. Includes a map of the actual route taken on the Washington,
D.C., Metro.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: November 1997
Down
In The Subway
by Miriam Cohen, Melanie Hope Greenberg
Subway
Rides
by Pamela Walker
LRTA
Shoreline Trolley Museum
Ron Carson's
Trainstation
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