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Author: David L. Garcia Co-authors: Joseph A. Strapac Title: Pacific Electric Cars – A Pictorial Journey, 1911-1953 Publisher:   Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society Country: USA Date: 1 Jan 2013 Format: Hardcover Genre: Transport, History, Photography ISBN-10: 0984624767 Rating: Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  2 Own Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Pacific Electric Cars A Pictorial Journey 1911-1953 By David L Garcia & Joseph A Strapac
Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
Hard cover with dust Jacket
254 pages Indexed
Copyright 2013 First EDITION

Contents:
Chapter ----- Title
1 ----- Introduction
2 ----- Deluxe Cars and Wood City Cars
3 ----- Early Steel City Cars
4 ----- 500 Class Suburban Cars
5 ----- 600 Class Steel City Cars
6 ----- 800 Class Wood Interurban Cars
7 ----- 950 Class Wood Interurban Cars
8 ----- 1000 Class Wood Interurban Cars
9 ----- 1100 Class Steel Interurban Cars
10 --- 1200 Class Steel Interurban Cars
11 --- 1300 Class Combination Cars (Wood and Steel)
12 --- 1400 Class Box Motor and RPO Cars (Wood and Steel)
13 --- 1500-1600 Class Power Cars and Locomotives (Wood and Steel)
14 ---1700 Class Service Cars
15 --- 300 Class "Blimp" Interurban Cars-1
16 --- 400 Class "Blimp" Interurban Cars
17 --- 450 Class "Blimp" Interurban Cars
18 --- 496 Class "Blimp" Combination Cars
19 --- 5000 Class PCC Suburban Cars
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Southern California's history and economic development were closely aligned with the Pacific Electric Railway, organized in 1901-02 by Henry Huntington (of Library and Art Gallery fame) and carried on after 1911 by a new corporation of the same name, owned by the Southern Pacific.
The SP's Pacific Electric was to buy new electric passenger cars until 1940 and new freight locomotives until 1944, but was finally absorbed into the Southern Pacific in 1965.
This book addresses the forty-two years-1911 to 1953-that the "new" Pacific Electric Railway operated electric-powered passenger and freight trains in Southern California.
In 1953, PE sold its passenger service to bus-oriented Metropolitan Coach Lines.
Metro had proposed to immediately convert the few remaining PE passenger rail lines to bus operation, but encountered political opposition.

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WPLives 25th Sep 2021		As a result, in 1956, the PE exercised a contract clause that essentially forced Metro to buy PE's electrical facilities-which in turn allowed PE to convert all its freight operations to diesel power. The co-authors had access to extensive photo files illustrating PE cars and their operating environment and selected the most effective for use in this book. Two major goals were in mind as this book came together: -----1. To illustrate all the major classes of cars and locomotives acquired by the new PE after 1911 (as well as providing representative images of "legacy" cars inherited from predecessors). -----2. To provide detailed, informative picture captions that can both stand on their own and also provide the seeds for future research.

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