Pacific Electric and the Growth of the San Fernando Valley

Shade Tree Books and Southern Pacific H&TS, hardcover with jacket, 240 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in.

, B&W and Color photographs and illustrations.This book covers the men behind the line, the early history, the demise, and a chapter on its freight history including the 'island' at San Fernando.

Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Bibliography and Glossary, pp. 4–9
• Titans, pp. 10–15
• Wheat Field, pp. 16–23
• Arrival, pp. 24–37
• Onward, pp. 38–51
• December 1911 to December 1937, pp. 52–83
• Motor Coaches, pp. 84–95
• January 1938 to December 1948, pp. 96–131
• Demise, pp. 132–161
• Freight Service, pp. 162–189
• Epilogue, pp. 190–193
• Views Along the Line, pp. 194–220
• Anecdotes and Stories, pp. 221–224
• Color Photography and the PE, pp. 225–240