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Author:	Steve Crise
Co-authors:	Michael A. Patris, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society
Title:	Pacific Electric Railway
Subtitle:	Then And Now
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing
Country:	USA
Date:	31 Oct 2011
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Transport, History, Photography
ISBN-10:	0738575860
ISBN-13:	9780738575865
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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On the Front Cover: After leaving Redondo Beach and heading inbound (north) to Los Angeles, Interurban car 841 headed towards Playa del Rey in this late 1930s photograph. This section of right-of-way, closed in 1941, is part of the Strand bike path, which which stretches between Torrance Beach (south) and Will Rogers State Beach (north). The modern image was taken near the intersection of Vista Del Mar and Waterview Streets. (Historical photograph by Charles D. Savage; courtesy of the Donald Duke collection.)

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WPLives 7th Jul 2021		About the Authors Authors Steve Crise and Michael Patris look back at the railway and its landscape today. Both serve on the board of the Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society, from whose archives most of these images are taken.



WPLives 7th Jul 2021		Review Donald M O'Hanley RAILWAYS, FREEWAYS AND THE DECLINE OF A CITY Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2014 Authors Crise and Patris have combined to produce a book tha contrasts the Los Angeles area of a half-cetury and more ago versus the asphalt and auto dominated metro area by presenting an excellent collection of period photographs. Once vibrant downtown Los Angeles has given way to shopping mall dominated suburbia thanks to the loss of the Pacific Electric Railway,once described as the largest electric railway system in the world, operating 1,000 miles of standard trolley lines. Its two great terminals in the downtown no longer witness the lawful and useful comings and goings of many thousands of passengers daily. One is now given to office space and the other a residential loft building. Pacific Electric Railway, Then and Now, offers a graphic view of the pleasantly remembered past to all who enjoy travel down memory lane. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



WPLives 7th Jul 2021		Review Paul Sahlin LA's Pacific Electric Interurban lines, one foot in history and the other today Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2013 There are a number of excellent coffee table picture books extant to chronicle the rise and fall of the once great interurban rail system called the PE that the greater LA basin had in operation. An April, 1938 timetable I checked listed 36 separate carlines running a total of 2,160 scheduled trains daily. Routes were a mixture of PE-owned right of way and streetcar lines runing on city streets. The system operated a total of 901 miles of track and was carrying upwards of 180,000,000 passengers a year at its peak in almost 500 big red passenger cars, some modified to also carry USMail, Express and LCL freight. It was formed by merging traction companies in 1911 under the SP and ceased operating in the late 1950's. Over 7,000 employees worked at the PE at its peak. This book has photos all over the LA basin of PE cars in operation then jumps to the same photo site taken in the past year or so. Very interesting. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



WPLives 7th Jul 2021		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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