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Era Headlights 1999 July - December Japan Shonan Monorail Portland Traction Co B
Era Headlights 1999 July through December
3 NEWS
Dallas developments and other rail transit news compiled by Peter Kocan.
6 BOOKS
James N. J. Henwood reviews Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History and Pennsylvania Trolleys in Color, Volume Ill: The Pittsburgh Region.
FEATURES
9 PORTLAND & BOSTON: A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Portland, Oregon and Boston, Massachusetts are on opposite sides of the North American continent and their approaches to solving their urban transit needs are equally divergent. Frank S. Miklos presents both viewpoints.
10 Part I: Opposites Attract
Portland continues to expand its ambitious light rail system.
21 The Portland Traction Company
A late 1940s look at the Portland Traction Company through the lens of John Stern.
28 Part II: Slip-Sliding Away
Boston resists streetcar system expansion and continues retrenchment.
36 JAPAN'S FASCINATING SHONAN MONORAIL
While most monorails have been restricted to airports, fairs and amusement parks, in Japan near Tokyo the Shonan Monorail provides interurban service between the resort town of Enoshima and the Japanese Railway mainline. by Bruce Russell
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