[PRCo] Re: books

[John Swindler]

Perhaps aim for couple industry overview books, couple technical/reference, and one focused on the local scene.
 
Middleton wrote several good overview books.  "The Time of the Trolley" and "The Interurban Era".  Might also include "When the Steam Railroads Electrified".  For those of us who grew up in the 1960s, "Trolley Car Treasury" is an earlier example.
 
Hilton put out a useful reference on interurbans.  There was also a reprint of Moody's from around 1924.  Either CERA or Interurbans printed "Not Only Freight".
 
Getting technical, CERA did reprints of GE and Westinghouse phamplets.  Also include Fred the IIIs PCC books for the modern era.  Interurbans did a two volume set on Trackless Trolleys.
 
Then throw in something local, such as CERA's West Penn book for the Pittsburgh region.  Would also include PTM's phamplets on PRC.   For those from southeast Penna., DeGraw's Red Arrow book and Cox's books on Philadelphia might be useful references on the local scene.  
 
Just about everything else tends to be location specific.  
 
Just some off-hand thoughts
John
 
 
> From: dfc1 at windstream.net> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] books> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:45:04 -0500> > If you had to pick 5 must have books on electric traction, what would they be?> > > Dennis F. Cramer> Trombone> > > 
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