A Rainbow of Traction
Edited by George Krambles

CERA Bulletin 126

This book completes the trilogy of full-color volumes that illustrate the development of electric railways. It covers the interurban railways, rapid transit lines, switching and main line railroad electrifications in North America based on available color photographs taken between 1939 and 1964.

The presentation follows a meandering path, starting in the northeast corner of Maine, criss-crossing the United States and Canada to the far southwest and then returning through Mexico to end in Cuba.

To help you, there is provided a very concise summary of the history and a few technical features of each property illustrated, along with some key specifications of the vehicles shown. Brief essays covering various aspects of electric railway technology round out this 144-page book which also commemorates CERA's first 50 years!