CSN&M 727 rolls down the IATR main line between Clear Lake and Mason City on a beautiful fall day in Iowa. The locals came out to see the interurban and enjoy a few cans of the official state bev... (more)

Chicago, Aurora & Elgin No. 320, built in 1914 by Jewett, has been restored by the Midwest Electric Railway of Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Here it is leaving the main gate for a trip around the MERY lo... (more)

Chicago, Aurora & Elgin No. 320 rolls to a stop at Log Village during the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion. This beautifully restored interurban is dusted off every year during the reunion for rides... (more)

PE 418 and 498 are both in Carhouse 4 at the Orange Empire Railway Museum. Called Blimps because of their size (steam RR passenger car size), these interurbans started their lives in commuter ser... (more)

Pulling out of Emery and starting it's run to Mason City

Trains from downtown to the eastern suburbs ran out Hastings East and turned south on Clark, as this pair of classic wooden cars has just done. Ernie L Plant photo.

Trains arrived at Carrall St Station and proceeded to the small yard behind to change ends and prepare for the next trip. The motorman is about to raise the pole before the one on the other end i... (more)

An eastbound CENTRAL PARK train to New Westminster holds for the traffic light at Hastings and Main Sts, followed by a PCC in the much-disliked yellow-cream paint (only about a quarter of the PCC ... (more)

An eastbound CENTRAL PARK train to New Westminster holds for the traffic light at Hastings and Main Sts, followed by a PCC in the much-disliked yellow-cream paint (only about a quarter of the PCC ... (more)

Carrall St Station saw trains arrive and leave several times an hour. Quieter times in late evening allowed views such as this to be made. Ernie L Plant photo (a few years ago I acquired all the... (more)

The BCER was famous for its 63.8 mile long interurban line to Chilliwack BC. Local service also operated over that line to New Westminster and was known as CENTRAL PARK. Cutback trains on the lo... (more)

The ace, numeral 1. The tracks in the foreground lead to the IC's under the Purdential Building station. The South Shore's platforms are still wood.

This was the substitute train for one of the Electroliners that day. The middle car was a diner, unpowered with no trolley pole. These cars were called Silverliners because of their paint scheme... (more)