[PRCo] Re: Transit evolution

[Ken & Tracie]

"Getting There" is one of my favorites.
Nothing sums up the North American traction era (especially the life and 
death of the interurbans) as concisely as the title of one chapter, "The 
Electric Shooting Star."

It's interesting to see that the traction era is modestly being acknowledged 
in some recent motion pictures. There were ways to travel between two towns 
besdies Greyhound, Trailways or the local steam "milk train." But the 
average film goer would never know by watching some of the movies taking 
place during the 1920s-'50s.

Catching a glimpse of the Pacific Electric in an animated feature set in the 
late 1930s is a pleasant surprise.

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis F. Cramer" <dfc1 at alltel.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:05 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Transit evolution


> Two books I recommend on the transit evolution are:
>
> "Getting There, The Epic Struggle between Road and Rail in the American
> Century" by Stephen Goddard
>
> "The Federal Role in Urban Mass Transportation" by George M Smerk
>
> A third deals with the development of organized labor in the transit
> industry:
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> "Trolley Wars, Streetcar Workers on the Line" by Scott Molloy
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> Dennis Fred Cramer
>     Trombone
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