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1	Electric Interurban Railways in America more books like this by George W Hilton, Professor John F Due $30.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $29.99! new only from $33.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Ride the Big Red Cars: How Trolleys Helped Build Southern California more books like this by Spencer Crump $14.85 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $7.57! signed copies \| first editions
3	Interurban Era more books like this by William D Middleton $15.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $14.05! signed copies \| first editions
4	Time of the Trolley more books like this by William D Middleton $15.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $14.65! first editions
5	Trolley car treasury : a century of American streetcars-horsecars, cable cars, interurbans, and trolleys more books like this by Frank Rowsome $4.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
6	The Cable Car in America more books like this by George W Hilton $15.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Enriched with almost 700 illustrations, this book has long been the definitive study of the American Cable Car, a widely touted form of urban transformation once operated in 29 cities across the United States. The once-promising technology proved inefficient, however, and cable cars were soon replaced by electric trolley cars. Today, they are only ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Trolley Wars: Streetcar Workers on the Line more books like this by Scott Molloy $12.50 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist American cities' rapid expansion after the Civil War fueled the growth of organized transportation systems - omnibuses, horsecar, and, later, electric streetcars. "Trolley Wars" traces the social dynamics of these first mass-transportation systems as they developed in Rhode Island, the most urbanized state in Gilded Age America. Covering years of ... see all copies from $3.30! new only from $12.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Henry Huntington and the Pacific Electric: A Pictorial Album more books like this by Spencer Crump $15.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $6.15! signed copies \| first editions
9	Trolleys : riding and remembering the electric interurban railways more books like this by Ruth Cavin $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
10	Sunset Lines: The Story of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad more books like this by Larry Plachno $35.68 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $35.68! new only from $49.94! \| first editions
11	Cable car carnival more books like this by Lucius Morris Beebe, Charles Clegg $7.50 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $6.95! new only from $15.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Interurban Trains to Chicago more books like this by John Kelly $45.70 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist Interurban Trains to Chicago follows Samuel Insull's Great Chicago Systems, three superb interurban routes powered by electric traction that carried passengers from the north, west and southwest into downtown Chicago. They were the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, and the Chicago Aurora and ... see all copies from $18.13! new only from $36.74!
13	The Streetcars of New Orleans more books like this by Louis Hennick, E Harper Charlton $30.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! new only from $31.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	Cable Car more books like this by Christopher C Swan $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
15	Straphanging in the USA: Trolleys and Subways in American Life more books like this by Martin W Sandler, Oxford University Press (Creator) $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist A riveting look at the evolution of transportation in American cities, Straphanging in America begins with an examination of the horsecar and omnibus, then traces the extraordinary impact of the cable car, elevated railway, interurban, and subway on city life -- and the nation. Capturing people's imaginations with its "magical" use of electricity, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.56!
16	Transport of Delight: The Mythical Conception of Rail Transit in Los Angeles more books like this by Jonathan Richmond $23.28 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist This is a true interdisciplinary work which includes a thorough analytical assessment of the Los Angeles rail programme, with a focus on the Long Beach Blue Line light rail - the first of the new projects to go ahead. En route, it shows that ridership forecasting for this project was not only biased and statistically invalid, but in fact done to ... see all copies from $5.37! new only from $19.08! \| SVS
17	Trolleys and Streetcars on American Picture Postcards more books like this by R D Appel, Ray D Appelgate (Editor) $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist One hundred ninety-oone views--16 in full color--spanning all 50 states except Alaska, plus District of Columbia and San Juan, P.R.; mostly from 1890's to 1920. Captions. total of 104pp. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18	Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America more books like this by William D Middleton $22.24 (new hardcover, see detail) add to wishlist Early in the 19th century, growing American cities began to experience transportation problems. One solution was the horse-drawn streetcar, developed in 1832, but it soon proved inadequate. The first elevated train was transporting passengers above the streets of Manhattan by 1871; the first subway opened 25 years later in Boston; and similar ... see all copies from $22.24! new only from $22.24! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Street Railways of Louisiana more books like this by Louis Hennick, E Harper Charlton $26.46 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist see all copies from $26.46! new only from $26.46! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Indiana Railroad: The Magic Interurban more books like this by George K. Bradley $20.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! new only from $34.94! \| first editions
21	Trolley trails through the West more books like this by Robert S. Wilson $5.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions
22	Chicago surface lines; an illustrated history more books like this by Alan R. Lind $20.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $16.48! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
23	Pennsylvania Trolleys in Color more books like this by William D. Volkmer $37.50 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $36.95! first editions
24	Cincinnati Streetcars more books like this by Richard M Wagner $13.05 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $13.05! first editions
25	Detroit's street railways more books like this by Jack E. Schramm, William H. Henning $15.45 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $15.45! new only from $197.22! \| signed copies \| first editions

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