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West Coast Interurbans, California
By Donald Duke,

8 1/2" by 11", hardbound, 296 pages, 579 illustrations, map and timetable reproductions, and bibliography.

West Coast Interurbans (California) presents a pictorial history of California interurbans, beginning in San Diego and following the coastline up to Los Angeles, where the largest interurban system, the Pacific Electric Railway, operated. The story then moves north to the San Francisco Bay region, where there were numerous carriers, and finally into California's legendary wine country. Railways featured include Central California Traction Company, Glendale and Montrose Railway, Key System, Northern Electric Railway, Northwestern Pacific Railway, Pacific Electric Railway, Peninsular Railway, Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway, Sacramento Northern Railway, San Diego Electric Railway, San Diego and Southwestern Railway, San Francisco and San Mateo Railway, San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway, Southern Pacific (Interurban Electric), Tidewater Southern Railway, and the Visalia Electric Railway.