Electric Interurban Railways in America

by George Hilton and John E. Due

One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans were largely constructed in the early 1900s. The rise of the automobile and motor transport caused the industry to decline after World War I, and the depression virtually annihilated the industry by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804740143
• ISBN13: 9780804740142
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.8"