Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay Vol. 1: Bay Area Rapid Transit-East Bay Transit Interurban Electric (Sp)-Key System
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (822 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0870951157 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 72 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is a past director of the Southern California chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and was a founding member of the chapter. For Donald Duke, photography, writing, publishing, interurban railroading and western history all go hand in hand as rewarding professional pursuits and personal interests. He is a member of the Lexington Group of Railroad Historians, and belongs to many railroad historical societies. He was a youth when his family moved to Alhambra, while awaiting construction of their new home in San Marino. He was literary editor for his Kappa Sigma fraternity for 20 years, and was editor of the Los Angeles Corral of Westerners Branding Iron for two periods of time totaling 15 years. To date, his patient research and editing have enriched more than 140
An authoritative and richly illustrated work on an often-ignored subject in the world of electric service, Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay Volume 1 by Donald Duke is a must-have for the historian and fan of Bay Area electric railways.. Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay Volume 1 by Donald Duke presents a historical and pictorial survey of the electric railways operating around San Francisco Bay from World War II to the present time. Features the Bay Area Rapid Transit, the streetcar operations of the East Bay Transit Co., the Red Trains of Southern Pacific commuter rail operation known as the Interurban Electric Railway, and the transbay services of the Key System
Besides publishing his own books, he has written numerous historical articles, frequently focused on railroads. . He was a youth when his family moved to Alhambra, while awaiting construction of their new home in San Marino. The Alhambra home was next to the tracks of Pacific Electric's San Bernardino Line, and there his interest in interurbans was born. He is a past director of the Southern California chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and was a founding member
"Bay Area transit history" according to Richard L. Mike Foley. Lots of great pictures stimulated many memories of my growing up days in Oakland and San Francisco. Lots of information for 'transit' buffs, too.. Surviving and Discontined Railways Ira Grossman This two volume series of books of photographs and analyses takes aunique approach in telling the history of San Francisco Bay Area electric railways. It profiles both surviving and long since discontinued railways. In this case, the survivors are the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and the San Fr