Name/Title
Red Trains in the East Bay, by Robert S. Ford, 1977Entry/Object ID
2025.16.1Description
Acc. No. 25.16.1
Subject Category: Transportation, Trains, Electrical
Date or Period: 1977
Object: book
Description: A hardbound book, with cover of red buckram and lettering and image in gold, in original dust cover jacket, featuring a red electric train with rounded windows, titled: 'Red Trains in the East Bay'. Author: Robert S. Ford. Subtitle on title page: The History Of The Southern Pacific Transbay Train and Ferry System. Interurbans Special 65.
Copyright, 1977 Interurbans Publications, Glendale, California. ISBN: 0916374270.
Book is stamped on the title page with name and address of a previous owner, Lewis H. Monk.
Size: L 11 x W 8 1/2 inches.
History of Object: Book about the history of the Transbay Train and Ferry Systems, or the Red Trains, including articles about or mentioning the first trains to Alameda, the end of the steam Era, Reconstruction of the Alameda Lines, the Alameda Pier (Mole) Fire, Alameda Pier Auto Ferry service, the Alameda Loop Line, the Alameda Municipal Transportation League, the Alameda, Oakland & Piedmont RailyRoad, etc. Richly illustrated with many photos featuring Alameda.
Donor: Larry Fitzsimmons
Donation Date: 1/12/2025
Catalog Date: 1/17/2025
