Willamette Valley Railways (Images of Rail: Oregon)
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (536 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738556017 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Rail historian Richard Thompson, author of Arcadia Publishing’s Portland’s Streetcars, has enjoyed an interest in streetcars since his grandmother took him on Oregon’s last interurban. In this volume, he uses more than 200 historic images to give the reader a sense of what it was like to travel through the beautifu
About the Author Rail historian Richard Thompson, author of Arcadia Publishing’s Portland’s Streetcars, has enjoyed an interest in streetcars since his grandmother took him on Oregon’s last interurban. . In this volume, he uses more than 200 historic images to give the reader a sense of what it was like to travel through the beautiful Willamette Valley during the interurban age
By the early 1930s, the company that had launched the nation’s first true interurban was the only one still offering passenger service here.. Between 1908 and 1915, two large systems, the Oregon Electric Railway and the Southern Pacific Red Electrics, joined smaller competitors constructing railways throughout the region. Willamette Valley Railways tells the story of the electric interurban railways that ran through Oregon’s Willamette Valley and of the streetcars that operated in the towns they served. Highway improvement and the growth of automobile ownership made electric passenger trains unprofitable in the sparsely populated valley. Portland became the hub of an impressive interurban network in a frenzy of electric railway building. Long be
Trolley poles and pantagraphs south of Portland G. Hulin Willamette Valley Railways is one of the more than 4,000 local history titles published by Arcadia Publishing, and part of Arcadia's "Images of Rail" series. However, this 2008 publication has one key word missing from its title: "Electric." The subject of the book is Willamette Valley Electric Railways, and provides history and illustration of the area's interurban and street railways, but does not deal with steam railroads.The Willamette Valley is Oregon most populous region, extending 120 miles south from Portland through Salem, Albany, Corvallis and Eugene. The book is divided into eight chapters: Portland Area Inter. "Great Historical Pictures" according to Marty Bernard. I knew nothing about the history of the electric railroads in the Willamette. Now I know a lot. I know much about electric railroads in general and there are a few minor technical mistakes that do not distract from the great pictures. If you want to understand the history of the Willamette Valley, this is a big and important piece of it.. Very informative but the maps need work. Very informative but the maps need work.