Author: Louis Engelmann Fischer
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: railways, interurban, economics
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-12-09
List price: $19.75
ISBN-10: 0559788150
ISBN-13: 9780559788154

This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc. in 1914 in 139 pages; Subjects: Electric railroads; Street-railroads; History / General; Transportation / General; Transportation / Automot

Authors:Walter Vielbaum, Robert Townley, Walter Rice, Emilian
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: san, rail, images, interurban, francisco, mateo
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2005-09-26
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0738530085
ISBN-13: 9780738530086

It’s strange to think that an electric commuter rail line rivaling BART in efficiency, speed, and comfort ran over 100 years ago between San Francisco and San Mateo, but run it did. The 40 Line, or San Mateo Interurban, began in 1892 with an initial segment operating between Market and Steuart Streets out to the county limits on San Jose Avenue. Three years later, the line reached Baden in present-day South San Francisco, and by 1903 service was opened all the way to downtown San Mateo. During the line’s heyday, there was talk of extending it down the peninsula from San Mateo to Pa