Fascinating history of the numerous electric street railways (interurbans) that once criss-crossed northern California and the San Francisco Bay area. Covers th

One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with

At the end of the 19th century, Portland led the nation in the development of interurban electric railways. The city became the hub of an electric rail network