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| CERA Map 1 | Traction Lines of Illinois |
| Fan Trip #1 5/01/1938 | Valparaiso Division of Gary Railways |
| Fan Trip #2 6/19/1938 | Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| Bulletin #1 | North Shore Line |
| Bulletin #2 | Chicago Rapid Transit Metropolitan Division |
| Bulletin #3 | West Towns |
| Bulletin #4 | South Shore Line |
| Bulletin #5 | Chicago Aurora and Elgin |
| Bulletin #6 | Milwaukee Electric Railway |
| Bulletin #7 | 1st CERA Annual Report |
| Bulletin #8 | Northern Indiana Railway |
| Bulletin #9 | Windsor Essex and Lake Shore Railway |
| Bulletin #10 | Texas Interurban Railway |
| Bulletin #11 | Key System of Oakland, California |
| Bulletin #12 | Hudson Valley Railway |
| Bulletin #13 | North Shore Line Modernized Cars |
| Bulletin #14 | IC Suburban Electric |
| Bulletin #15 | Fostoria and Fremont Railway |
| New Equipment Photo | 1940 PCC Color Plate |
| High Iron Illustration | 1939 Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee |
Before the North Shore Lineby Edward Tobin
Waukegan was the birthplace of the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad, one of the nation's premier interurban electric railways. Author Ed Tobin recounts the railroad's humble origins as the Bluff City Electric Street Railway and traces its rapid evolution into the high speed Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway, taking the story up to the time that the company came under Insull control.
Read more about this fine book...
Pig & Whistle: The Story of the Philadelphia & Western Railway by Ronald DeGraw
The men who founded the Philadelphia & Western dreamed of completing a coast-to-coast railroad network, with the P&W serving as the eastern link into Philadelphia and New York City. This idea failed, but the little railroad which served a collection of Philadelphia -area communities managed to thrive and become an electric railway success story. Three decades after its conception, the company placed into service some of the most revolutionary railway cars ever built, the famous high speed "Bullets." read more about this fine book...
The Shoreline Electric Railway Company by O.R. Cummings
One of the nation’s more unprofitable traction companies during the otherwise prosperous 1910-1924 period was Connecticut’s Shore Line Electric Railway. At its height from mid-1916 until mid-1919, the Shore Line Electric Railway operated a nearly 230-mile system that included almost 17 miles of main track in the adjacent state of Rhode Island.
Unable to withstand competition from paralleling steam railroads and the private automobile, resulted in the abandonment of various lines beginning in 1920 with all operations ending in 1924. Read more about this fine book...
The Chicago “L” by Greg Borzo.
Published by Arcadia Publishing and available at a special retail price through the CERA site, discover the world famous Chicago “L” in all its grit and glory. The thundering “L” is one of Chicago's most enduring icons. Operating 24/7 since 1892, it is not only an antique but a working antique. More than 10 billion people have ridden the “L,” which now carries half a million people a day over 222 miles of track. The heavy, rumbling “L” has a light side too. It is sought out by tourists, featured in major motion pictures, enjoyed by wide eyed kids, photographed by admirers, and studied by historians. Read more about this fine book...
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