Pacific Electric Red Cars

by Jim Walker

Book Overview

Of the rail lines created at the turn of the 20th century, in order to build interurban links through Southern California communities around metropolitan Los Angeles, the Pacific Electric grew to be the most prominent of all. The Pacific Electric Railway is synonymous with Henry Edwards Huntington, the capitalist with many decades of railroad experience, who formed the "P. E." and expanded it as principal owner for nearly its first decade. Huntington...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738546887
• ISBN13: 9780738546889
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.4"