2024-04-19 — George Gula
George Gula April 19, 2024 Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT) car 1732 on Market Street at 8th Street in Center City Philadelphia on March 3, 1909. Photo from the George W. Gula Collection The […]
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2024-06-21 — Andrew Ludasi
Andrew Ludasi June 21, 2024 Above is Honolulu’s new rapid transit system, Skyline. This photo is taken between Keone’AE U.H. West Oahu Station and Kualaka’i East Kapolei Station along the Kualaka’i parkway. Photo by […]
2024-06-07 — David Alff
David Alff June 7, 2024 The Northeast Corridor: The Trains, the People, the History, the Region Book By David Alff Wiring the Coast The show tells the story behind one of America’s greatest infrastructural […]
2024-07-19 — Jeff Erlitz
Jeff Erlitz July 19, 2024 Skånetrafiken Urbos 100 No. 04 (CAF, 2020) is seen on Lund, Sweden’s one and only tram route, Route 1, and is heading towards Centralstation on a cloudy October 2, […]
2021-06-18 — Albert J. Churella
Albert J. Churella June 18, 2021 The cover image from Al Churella’s book, “The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume I: Building an Empire, 1846-1917.” ERA continues to take advantage of Zoom by inviting accomplished speakers from […]
2022-10-21 — Kristen Fredriksen & Paul Grether — Original plan
Original plan — superseded. This program was changed before the meeting. This announcement is preserved as a historical record. See the updated meeting announcement for the final program. Kristen Fredriksen & Paul Grether October […]
2021-07-16 — Russ Jackson
Russ Jackson July 16, 2021 Russ Jackson’ 2020 Zoom presentation. This month’s Zoom presenter, Russ Jackson (ERA #1859), returns with another in his series of great historic videos. Russ’s storied career includes being a […]
2022-10-21 — George Gula
George Gula October 21, 2022 Switching in the Scranton yard beneath the Spruce Street Bridge is 403. Edward S. Miller photo, February 27, 1952 Due to a problem with the originally scheduled program for […]
2021-08-13 — Rich Krisak
Rich Krisak August 13, 2021 One of 50 Pullman-Standard-built PCCs delivered to CTS in 1946. Brooklyn Station motorman John Gaydos is on the right. Anthony Krisak photo (Rich’s dad) This month’s Zoom presentation by […]
2022-11-18 — Andrew Grahl
Andrew Grahl November 18, 2022 The first five-car set of R-211Ts at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal. That night, the set was transferred to Coney Island Yard’s Main Shop. Andrew Grahl photo, November 2, […]