This month, our used book list is entirely made up of original Electric Railway Historical Society publications, printed between 1952 and 1967. We are selling the extra copies we accumulated while working on the Complete ERHS Collection DVD project. These… Read More ›
New York
The Complete ERHS Collection
Early CERA bulletins were generally very short in length, some just a single sheet of paper, but gradually grew longer over the years. Late in World War II, the Trolley Sparks periodical, started in 1944 by Barney Neuberger, was brought… Read More ›
Friday Night @CERA: Harold Lloyd’s “Speedy” (1928)
Our Next Program: Harold Lloyd’s “Speedy” (1928) This is the Year of the Horse, and for our March program, CERA takes a look back at horsecars, the beginnings of street railways. Our feature presentation is Harold Lloyd’s “Speedy” (1928), a… Read More ›
March @CERA: Harold Lloyd’s “Speedy” (1928)
Our Next Program: Harold Lloyd’s “Speedy” (1928) This is the Year of the Horse, and for our March program, CERA takes a look back at horsecars, the beginnings of street railways. Our feature presentation is Harold Lloyd’s “Speedy” (1928), a… Read More ›
Chicago’s “Initial System of Subways,” Part 1
It’s a curious thing to write in your high school yearbook, that you hope to “live long enough to ride the Chicago Subway.” Nowadays, a subway ride is pretty trivial, one of life’s commonplace occurrences if you work downtown and… Read More ›
The Third Avenue El: Through a Glass, Warmly
I bought a clock a few years ago that supposedly came from a New York elevated station, and although there is no way to tell other than a resemblance to old photos, it pleases me to think this is so…. Read More ›
