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Ride the Big Red Cars How Trolleys Helped Build Southern California Book Takes Its Name from the Famous Slogan of the Pacific Electric Whose Comfortable & Speedy Interurbans Linked So. Californias Mountains Beaches Orange Groves & Cities for

1970 · ref. 25131 — Trans-Anglo Books 1970. HBDJ Oversized Brown cloth Titled in Silver Gilt on Spine Fifth edition Revised1970 minor rub wear FOX DJ with Tiny Chips Tear Wear Edges Extremities DJ VG/VG- AS-IS Interior nice tight clean light wear Fox Spine DJ Darkened Fox with small chip Top Spine DJ end but Titles Intact 256 pgs Index Quarto DJ protected in Clear Mylar 9 x 11 1/4 inches. .Book takes its name from the famous Slogan of the Pacific Electric whose comfortable & Speedy interurbans linked So. Californias Mountains Beaches Orange Groves & Cities for more than half a Century. P. E. at its peak had 1164 miles of track & operated 6000 scheduled cars Daily. Including Maps ChartsHistoric PhotosEngineering Data Details of Major Lines including Exact Routes and When They Operated The book is a narrative history of the interurbans and also of the men and cities which were part of them. It recalls the battles between the rail tycoons when Henry Huntington planned to use electric interurbans for a system spanning California & possibly the nation. It analyzes the factors which ended the interurban car. Hard Cover. Trans-Anglo Books hardcover