[PRCo] Re: books

[Bill Robb]

1. J.G. Brill Company, Debra Brill
2. PCC, The Car That Fought Back, Stephen Carlson and Fred Schneider III
3. Electric Railway Handbook, Albert Richey (ARM reprint)
4. Chicago Surface Lines, Alan Lind
5. Electric Railways of Japan series (3 volumes), Demery, Forty, DeGroote & Higgins

Books 1 and 2 give an oversight of the first half and second half of the North American industry.  Book 3 gives technical detail.  Book 4 covers the largest system in the world during the heyday of conventional traction.  The 3 little books in number 5 give an oversight, although a bit dated, of what is probably the largest concentration of electric traction in the world today. The Hakone Tazone Railway with switch backs, tunnels and growling gears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZycTiKYHPGM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDSX2T0PvA

The first generation series O Shinkansen trains were retired last Sunday.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cChr13_jfY0

Bill Robb

If you had to pick 5 must have books on electric traction, what would they be?


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