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West Penn Traction Central Electric Railfans Association CERA #110
West Penn Traction Central Electric Railfans Association
Copyright 1968
Hard cover with dust jacket Name stamped on front page
218 Pages
Featuring West Penn Railways, Monongahela West Penn Public Service, Morgantown, Wheeling Traction System, Wheeling Public Service
Detailed and interesting look at traction in Pennsylvania and West Virginia in the area covered by the Upper Ohio Valley. The electric railway lines covered are West Penn Railways, Monongahela West Penn Public Service, Wheeling Traction Service, Wheeling Public Service and the Morgantown lines. Illustrated throughout with black and white (and a few color) photos plus schematic diagrams of the cars. With clear maps and car rosters as well as reproductions of advertisements, timetables, fare cards, etc. This is Central Electric Railfans' Association Bulletin No. 110. 218 pages.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WEST PENN RAILWAYS page 8 Color Plate No. 1 1
Family Tree 10
Development and Consolidation 13
Operation 16
Power 17
Album of Photographs 18
Color Plate No. 2 21
Freight Service 35
Timetable of Coke Region 37
Color Plate No. 3 40
Maps 41
The Valley Line 48
Oakdale-McDonald Line 54
Leechburg-Apollo Line 56
Kittanning-Ford City Line 57
Cars of the West Penn System 58
Fare Zones 79
2. MONONGAHELA WEST PENN SYSTEM page 80
Fairmont-Clarksburg Division 80
Color Plate No. 4 90
Family Tree 101
Parkersburg-Marietta Division 102
Color Plate No. 5 107
Cars of the Monongahela-West Penn 120 Maps 141
3. MORGANTOWN TRACTION LINES page 150
Sabraton Railway and Union Utilities 150
Map 153
Morgantown and Dunkard Valley 158
4. WHEELING TRACTION SYSTEM page 160 Wheeling Traction Company 160
Panhandle Traction Company 172
Co-Operative Transit 180
Route Descriptions 188
Maps 189
Cars of Wheeling Traction 194
5. WHEELING PUBLIC SERVICE page 211
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