books by Interurban Pr

books by Interurban Pr

books:

Interurban Pr

William Myers

Interurban Pr, 1984

Iron men and Vanity Press
This book was written and financially backed by Southern California Edison, a California Electrical Utility. It was bought by SCE for every SCE employee when published (about 19,000 copies) hence the Vanity press remark. Mr. Meyers is employed by SCE as the company ...

City-Makers: The Story of Southern California's First Boom

Remi A. Nadeau

Interurban Pr, 1977

A Classic Book on So-Cal History
As a historian, columnist and author of the book: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MISCELLANY" I have always enjoyed Remi Nadeau's work. Here is a writer with the passion to research and write about a regipn of California all too often overlooked in academic history books. This ...

From the Cab: Stories from a Locomotive Engineer

Doug Riddell

Interurban Pr, 1999

A view of railroad people and anecdotes
Doug Riddell has taken us inside the life of the railroad engineer. From initially starting out cubbing to learn how the newly merged Seaboard Coast Line and Seaboard Air Lines operate, through working as a brakeman to how he entered engine service to become an ...

People's Railway (History of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco)

Anthony Perles

Interurban Pr, 1980

A Good History Badly In Need Of Updating . . .
This is a history -- and a thorough, well-written history, at that -- of San Francisco's Municipal Railway, documenting its growth from early inception (its first streetcar line, the B-Geary) through its early-day struggles with the already established Market Street ...

Forty Feet Below: The Story of Chicago's Freight Tunnels (Interurbans special)

Bruce Moffat

Interurban Pr, 1982

An interesting study of hidden Chicago
Many Chicagoans recall the Flood of '92; a piling near the Kinzie St. bridge was driven through the roof of an old freight tunnel, flooding the basements and sub-basements of many of the buildings in the Loop. This book tells the story of how those tunnels came to be. ...

San Diego and Arizona: The Impossible Railroad

Robert M. Hanft

Interurban Pr, 1985

terrific historical review of the SD&A/SD&AE Railway
If you are looking for a historical review of the famous last transcontinental railroad, this is it! Good writing, good pictures - the author did his home work here. The railroad is fun to fan, and, the book is fun to read. I use it all the time to research a ...