Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay Vol. 1: Bay Area Rapid Transit-East Bay Transit Interurban Electric (Sp)-Key System
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (827 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0870951157 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 72 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Donald Duke established Golden West Books in 1960 to publish his own works, but eventually published the work of other authors as well. He is well known for the razor-sharp photographed produced by his 4×5 Super-D Graflex. The Alhambra home was next to the tracks of Pacific Electric's San Bernardino Line, and there his interest in interurbans was born. He is a
"Bay Area transit history" according to Richard L. Mike Foley. Lots of great pictures stimulated many memories of my growing up days in Oakland and San Francisco. Lots of information for 'transit' buffs, too.. Ira Grossman said Surviving and Discontined Railways. This two volume series of books of photographs and analyses takes aunique approach in telling the history of San Francisco Bay Area electric railways. It profiles both surviving and long since discontinued railways. In this case, the survivors are the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni). The other railway companies mentioned in both volumes are now defunct.
Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay Volume 1 by Donald Duke presents a historical and pictorial survey of the electric railways operating around San Francisco Bay from World War II to the present time. Features the Bay Area Rapid Transit, the streetcar operations of the East Bay Transit Co., the Red Trains of Southern Pacific commuter rail operation known as the Interurban Electric Railway, and the transbay services of the Key System. An authoritative and richly illustrated work on an often-ignored subject in the world of electric service, Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay Volume 1 by Donald Duke is a must-have for the historian and fan of Bay Area electric railways.
For Donald Duke, photography, writing, publishing, interurban railroading and western history all go hand in hand as rewarding professional pursuits and personal interests. To date, his patient research and editing have enriched more than 140 hardbound titles. He remained in Colorado for two years after his graduation, working as a commercial photographer. . The Alhambra home was next to the tracks of Pacific Electric's San Bernardino Line, and there his interest in interurbans was born. He is a member of the Lexington Group of Railroad Historians, and belongs to many railroad historical societies. He is well known for the razor-sharp photographed produced by his 4×5 Super-D Graflex. He was a youth when his family moved to Alhambra, while awaiting construction of their new home in San Marino. Besides publishing his own books, he has written numerous historical articles, frequently focused on railroads. About the Author The name of the author and compiler of this book is w