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Central California Traction Company by David G Stanley & Jeffrey J Moreau w/DJ
The Central California Traction Company by David G Stanley & Jeffrey J Moreau
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket. Reflection from the lights on some photos.
396 pages
Copyright 2002
CONTENTS
Acknowledgementsv
Dedicationviii
Forewordix
Introduction xi
Part One The Electric Way1
Chapter 1:Turning Gold into Coal3
Chapter 2: City Service, The Electric Way21
Chapter 3: To the Land of the Flame Tokay33
Chapter 4: Other People's Money47
Chapter 5: Through to Sacramento67
Chapter 6: Reaching the Zenith77
Chapter 7: The Battle Over Corporate Ownership101
Chapter 8: Weathering the Depression123
Chapter 9: Power Drop167
Part Two The End of Electrification199
Chapter 10: General Electric = Diesel Electric 201
Chapter 11: Leaving the Streets of Sacramento231
Chapter 12: The Schenectady Shuffle249
Chapter 13: Growth in the Face of Adversity269
Chapter 14: Renaissance by Tinker287
Chapter 15: A Shortline for the 21st Century 327
Appendix: Equipment Roster and Drawings351
Appendix: Documents372
Bibliography 381
Index383
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
Central California Traction had its origins in 1902 as a streetcar service in Stockton, California. Conceived by Howard H. Griffiths as an improved system to compete against Stockton's venerable narrow-gauge line, the Stockton Electric Railroad, Griffiths' vision became reality in 1905 with the incorporation of the Central California Traction Company. Modern, standard-gauge electric cars began serving the San Joaquin Valley's inland port city, offering connections to the steam trains of the young Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and forthcoming Western Pacific lines. As fate would have it, these three companies would become controlling owners of the CCT in January 1928.
Electric interurban passenger service to nearby Lodi began in 1907 as ownership of the CCT was passed on from Griffiths to wealthy entrepreneurs Herbert and Mortimer Fleishhacker of San Francisco. Further expansion to Sacramento was completed in 1910, with both passenger and freight services offered over the 53-mile line. Soon, 48 daily passenger trains were listed in the timetable, all propelled by a 1,200-volt DC third rail power distribution system, the first installation of its kind in the United States.
Although the Stockton streetcar service was a financial failure, a similar service operated by CCT in Sacramento proved successful and ran from 1910 until 1946. Interurban passenger service ended in 1933, even as freight business grew substantially. Modernizing the line in 1946, diesel-electric locomotives replaced the "Juice Jacks." Now 101 years after its groundbreaking, the CCT continues to operate as an important freight carrier, and retains its corporate identity.
The 626 photographs, along with 23 maps, numerous ephemera and graphics, equipment drawings and rosters, and numerous sidebars richly document the story. The company's interaction with its parent railroads as well as with the Sacramento Northern and Tidewater Southern Railways will be of interest to both historians and fans of not only electric railroads but California railroading in general.
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