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Last Interurbans, The by William D. Middleton 2003 DJ Bulletin 136 CERA
Last Interurbans, The by William D. Middleton Bulletin 136 CERA
Central Electric Railfans Association Bulletin 136
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
Copyright 2003
234 Pages
CONTENTS
Preface3
Chapter 1 - Traction in the East 6
Aroostook Valley Railroad 8
Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway 9
York Utilities Company 10
Springfield Terminal Railway 11
Connecticut Company 12
Southern New York Railway 13
Schenectady Railway 13
Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad 14
International Railway15
Jamestown Westfield &Northwestern Railroad 15
Atlantic City & Shore Railroad 17
Philadelphia & Western Railroad 19
Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company 23
Lehigh Valley Transit Company 26
Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad 29
Conestoga Traction Company 31
Hershey Transit Company 33
York Railways 35
West Penn Railways 36
Pittsburg Railways 39
Chapter 2 - The Interurbans Midwestern Heartland 40
Youngstown & Southern Railway 41
Lake Shore Electric Railway42
Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad 43
Indiana Railroad 44
Gary Railways46
Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad 47
Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railway 53
Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad 55
Illinois Terminal Railroad63
The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company 69
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway74
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad 76
Charles City Western Railway80
Mason City & Clear Lake 82
Southern Iowa Railway 82
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway 84
Des Moines & Central Iowa Railroad 87
Union Electric Railway 88
Chapter 3 - Traction in the South 90
Washington Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad 91
Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad 92
Hagerstown & Frederick Railway 96
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co. 99
Charleston Interurban Railroad 100
Richmond-Ashland Railway 101
Washington & Old Dominion Railway 101
Tidewater Power Company 102
Piedmont & Northern Railway 102
Georgia Railway & Power Company 105
Galveston-Houston Electric Railway 107
Houston North Shore Railway 108
Texas Electric Railway 109
Northeast Oklahoma Railway 113
Pittsburg County Railway 113
Sand Springs Railway 114
Oklahoma Railway 118
Chapter 4 - Interurbans in the West 120
Denver Tramway Company 121
Bamberger Railroad 124
Utah Idaho Central 126
Salt Lake & Utah Railroad 128
Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway 130
Anaconda Copper Mining Company 131
Pacific Electric Railway 131
Northwestern Pacific Railroad 142
Key System 143
San Francisco & Napa Valley Railroad 144
Sacramento Northern Railway 146
Portland Traction Company 150
Spokane Coeur d' Alene & Palouse Railway 153
Chapter 5 - Beyond US Borders 156
Montreal & Southern Counties Railway 155
Quebec Railway Light & Power Company 161
Niagara St. Catherines & Toronto Railway 168
Lake Erie & Northern Railway/Grand River Railway 172
London & Port Stanley Railway 176
British Columbia Electric Railway180
Hershey Cuban Railway 186
Chapter 6 - The Colorful Interurbans 196
Color Photo Gallery of Interurbans
Appendix - The Photographers229
Meet more than two dozen photographers and collectors who have made their work available for this pictorial review of the final years of the electric interurban railways of North America.
In a bright new age of electricity, the electric interurban railways were one of the technological marvels of the early 20th century. The interurbans were swift, clean and comfortable, and offered frequent service at low fares. They liberated much of small town and rural America from the travel constraints imposed by unpaved roads, horse-drawn transport, and the sooty, infrequent local services offered by the steam railroads.
For close to two decades, the interurbans represented a dynamic and growing industry. By 1917, interurban companies had built over 18,000 miles of line in the U.S. alone. But by then, the growth years were over.
Developed almost in parallel with the electric interurbans, the automobile had become a potent competitor to public transportation by the time of World War I. During the 1920s, the family car became an even more convenient way for rural and small town people to get around as roads were paved and the costs of owning and maintaining an automobile came within the reach of most families. As a result, the weaker lines began to fail, and by 1920 the industry had begun a long decline, halted only briefly by the heavy traffic of the World War II years. Abandonments accelerated after war's end, and within another decade only a few of the strongest lines remained. This book takes a look back at those hardy properties that managed to last beyond the Great Depression, even if only briefly.
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