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Author:	Donald Duke
Title:	Electric Railways Around San Francisco Bay (Volume One)
Publisher:	Golden West Books
Country:	USA
Date:	6 Jan 2003
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Transport, History, Photography
ISBN-10:	0870951157
ISBN-13:	?978087095112
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
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Bay Area Rapid Transit; East Bay Transit; Interurban Electric (SP); Key System

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WPLives 21st Jul 2021		About the Author The name of the author and compiler of this book is well known in the blue book of railroad historians. Donald Duke established Golden West Books in 1960 to publish his own works, but eventually published the work of other authors as well. To date, his patient research and editing have enriched more than 140 hardbound titles. He was a youth when his family moved to Alhambra, while awaiting construction of their new home in San Marino. The Alhambra home was next to the tracks of Pacific Electric's San Bernardino Line, and there his interest in interurbans was born. The new San Marino home was located two blocks from PE's Monrovia-Glendora Line. Duke attended Colorado College, in the heart of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad s narrow gauge country. He remained in Colorado for two years after his graduation, working as a commercial photographer. He is well known for the razor-sharp photographed produced by his 4×5 Super-D Graflex. Besides publishing his own books, he has written numerous historical articles, frequently focused on railroads. He was literary editor for his Kappa Sigma fraternity for 20 years, and was editor of the Los Angeles Corral of Westerners Branding Iron for two periods of time totaling 15 years. He is a past director of the Southern California chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and was a founding member of the chapter. He is a member of the Lexington Group of Railroad Historians, and belongs to many railroad historical societies. For Donald Duke, photography, writing, publishing, interurban railroading and western history all go hand in hand as rewarding professional pursuits and personal interests.



WPLives 21st Jul 2021		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.

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