Karens books specializes in railroad, train, and transportation books from morning sun, four ways west, kalmbach, motorbooks, indiana university press, and others. This book addresses the forty two years, 19111953 that the new pacific electric railway operated electric powered passenger and freight trains in southern california. Pacific electric railway volume 1 northern district by donald duke. The pacific electric, nicknamed the big red cars was the most extensive interurban trolley system ever constructed and was highly respected for its quality standards. Photograph shows pe building in background with trains carrying new years day traffic over the viaduct to san pedro st.
Formed in 1999, the pacific electric railway historical society was founded by jack finn here in 1979 at orange empire railway museum, perris, california, walter abbenseth, craig rasmussen and jed hughes. Pacific electric railway, then and now, offers a graphic view of the pleasantly remembered past to all who enjoy travel down memory lane. Published in 2005 by the erha, this book is a digitaly remastered reprint of a rare company publication from 1912. The title of this book is pacific electric railway historical society and it was written by mr. Lines of the pacific electric railway in southern california. The eastern division the pacific electric railway was incorporated. A scarce map of the pacific electric railway, published a year after henry e.
Pacific electric railway simple english wikipedia, the. Pacific electric, pacific electric railway and pacific electric railway company were all used. The pacific electric railway historical society peryhs is a nonprofit association dedicated to the preservation of. Later acquired by metropolitan coach lines 19531958, and then by l.
The pacific electric railway company, nicknamed the red cars, was a privately owned mass. Publishing history this is a chart to show the when this publisher published books. Visitors to the depot, in lady rawson avenue, are wel come on the first sunday of each month. Lists over 2000 pacific electric railway depots, stations and stops.
Southern pacific freight car painting and lettering guide. Southern pacific lines across texas and louisiana 19341961. It was renumbered 1510 in 1910 and renumbered 00196 in 1940. At the time southern california was so vast and its population so dispersed, huntington believed the. Pacific electric railway historical society, san gabriel, california. The collection consists of 3396 black and white photographs many with corresponding original and copy negatives, 116 unprinted glass plate negatives, memos, correspondence, press releases, and notes related to the pacific electric railway, ca. Pacific electric was an interurban and interurbans traveled from town to town with more stops than steam railway lines and more frequent service.
George hilton and john due argue in their authoritative book, the electric interurban railways in america, its. During the first half of this century, the pacific electric was the prime transpor tation force in the development of southern california. The pacific electric railway is synonymous with henry edwards huntington, the capitalist with many decades of railroad experience, who formed the p. Pacific electric diesel power model railroader magazine. The lary, as it came to be commonly called, was soon purchased in october 1898 by henry e. Pdf pacific electric railway download full pdf book. As with the expo now, the idea of the air line then was to service the westside, including culver city. This volume explores the colorful stories of a lifelong railfan and founding member of the orange empire traction company today, the orange empire railway museum or oerm.
It ran electric and steam locomotives, and eventually diesel locomotives. Donald duke established golden west books in 1960 to publish his own. Pacific electric railway was created with henry edwards huntington as principal stockholder. Pacific electric railway by steve crise, michael a. The coauthors had access to extensive photograph files illustrating pacific electric cars and their operating environment and selected the best for use in this book. On this journey the pes 600 class car numbered 600759, more commonly. In the 1920s, with hundreds of miles of track, it was the largest system in the world. Eventually jeffery moreau and michael patris were added to the board. Southern pacific in the san fernando valley 18761996.
The pacific electric railway company, nicknamed the red cars, is a former, privately owned mass transit system in southern california consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s. Mar 04, 2016 the gold line foothill extension to azusa has officially arrived, but its not the first time electric rail carved a path throughout the area. Pacific electric rail system connected inland empire with. The pacific electric railway was incorporated november 10, 1901 with the primary owner henry edwards huntington, collis p. Color guide for painting model pacific electric railway cars. Books by donald duke author of pacific electric railway. Pacific electric railway simple english wikipedia, the free. Kestrel railway books publishes books about british railway history.
Laner monograph from the pacific electric railway historical society. More than a century ago, electric rail made socal its. Pacific electric railway historical society pacific. Photograph shows pe building in background with trains carrying new years day traffic over the viaduct to. While huntington lost money running pacific electric, he made money by selling the land it reached. Northern district by donald duke covers the entire. Along the x axis is time, and on the y axis is the count of editions published. Postwar societys affair with the automobile led to the loss of an infrastructure that could have formed the basis for an enviable modern lightrail system, one that current society would be happy to utilize. Line maps and detailed description and period photos of dozens of stations along all of the pacific electric s 1200 miles of lines. The arrival of the first pacific electric railway cars in san bernardino, on july 11, 1914, at the pacific electric station on third street, commemorated the pacific electric connection between.
Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Wherever the pacific electric cars went, subdividers and growth quickly followed. Jun 08, 2018 in 1908, that railroad was overtaken by pacific electric s passenger trolley cars, says kcet. Pacific electric railway historical society home facebook. This became northwestern pacific as electra amd later became central pacific as 201.
After the merger of 1911, pacific electric was under the control of the southern pacific railway. This was pacific electric tells the entire story of southern californias famous red cars. We talk about the railway back then, and whats left of. Pacific electric and you think interurban and a bunch of old southern pacific railroad freight cars rumbling around downtown hollywood. The pacific electric railway originally provided reliable transportation across. The pacific electric railway originally provided reliable transportation across more than 1,000 miles of track. Pacific electric 19111953 also known as the red car system. Surviving equipment of the pacific electric railway. A look back at the pacific electric railway youtube. Pacific electric railway historical society pacific electric railway. Golden west books, publishers of fine railroading books.
Pacific electric locomotives, work equipment, freight cars. Whitmeyer, remembrances of the pacific electric railway. Thats a lot of it, but as ive hinted in other posts, pe was more than a downtown guy. At the time southern california was so vast and its population so dispersed, huntington believed the only way to tie everything together was by an interurban electric railway system. Pacific electric railway modeler saturday, february 3, 2018. From what i got from tony thompsons book was that pe had 10 of these cars but as expected little in the way of history or movement. This book addresses the period from 1911 to 1953 of the new pacific electric railway that operated electricpowered passenger and freight trains in southern california.
This group focuses on the pacific electric railway. Oct 31, 2011 the pacific electric railway originally provided reliable transportation across more than 1,000 miles of track. The authors had access to extensive photo files illustrating pe cars and their operating environment. The mount lowe preservation society was bequeathed the pacific electric railway historical society collection by its founder jack finn upon his passing some years ago in 2009, the society funded the development of an online image archive based on the peryhs collection as assembled by jack finn, and began to solicit additional contributions from the pe and lary historical community. Pacific electric railway volume 2 eastern district by. Jack finn, founder of the pacific electric railway historical society. The red car system stuff, on the other hand, is largely a foamerism. Pacific electric railway historical society monograph, no 10 the harvey s. Pacfiic electric was sold to southern pacific in 1910. Kevin robertson books specialist retailer of british railway and model train books. The pacific electric railway company, nicknamed the red cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in southern california consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s. In 1911 southern pacific combined pacific electric with nearly all of the interurban railways in a fourcounty region of southern california, which continued operating under the pacific electric name. Electric railway historical association online store. The pacific electric was also the thirdlargest railway in california in terms of freight cars handled, ranking ahead of union pacific or western pacific in traffic within california.
Save pacific electric slides to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. The pacific electric railway historical society peryhs is a nonprofit association dedicated to the preservation of the memory of the pacific electric railway. Rail passenger service history pacific electric railway co. Apr, 2012 relief map of territory served by lines of the pacific electric railway. I wonder if i did a search for slaughter houses in. Golden west books, softcover, 112 pages, standard landscape book 10 x 8 in. Lymwood is one of the few remaining pacific electric passenger depots. Huntington lost possession of the company and as it began to rapidly expand, becomingonly a decade laterthe worlds largest electric railway system. Pacific electric also owned a mountain tourist attraction called the mount lowe railway. Huntington as part of the southern pacific railroad empire run by huntingtons. Lynwood pacific electric railway depot, 11453 long beach.
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