The Pacific Electric Railway originally provided reliable transportation across more than 1,000 miles of track. Postwar society's affair with the automobile led to the loss of an infrastructure that could have formed the basis for an enviable modern light-rail system, one that current society would be happy to utilize.
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The Pacific Electric Railway originally provided reliable transportation across more than 1,000 miles of track. Postwar society's affair with the automobile led to the loss of an infrastructure that could have formed the basis for an enviable modern light-rail system, one that current society would be happy to utilize.
The Pacific Electric Railway originally provided reliable transportation across more than 1,000 miles of track. Postwar society's affair with the automobile led to the loss of an infrastructure that could have formed the basis for an enviable modern light-rail system, one that current society would be happy to utilize.
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Pages: 96
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Then and Now
Publication Date: 31st October 2011
State: California
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738575865
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / General HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Author Bio
The authors selected the majority of images for this book from the vast archives of the Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc., of which Michael A. Patris is founder and president. Maggie Sharma's extensive personal collection also proved invaluable to this work and following publication will be donated to Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. as the Maggie Sharma Collection.
The Pacific Electric Railway originally provided reliable transportation across more than 1,000 miles of track. Postwar society's affair with the automobile led to the loss of an infrastructure that could have formed the basis for an enviable modern light-rail system, one that current society would be happy to utilize.
Pages: 96
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Then and Now
Publication Date: 31st October 2011
State: California
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738575865
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / General HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
The authors selected the majority of images for this book from the vast archives of the Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc., of which Michael A. Patris is founder and president. Maggie Sharma's extensive personal collection also proved invaluable to this work and following publication will be donated to Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. as the Maggie Sharma Collection.
