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The People’s Railway – The History of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. By Anthony Perles

Copyright 1981 – First Printing. Published by Interurban Press

The story of the San Francisco Municipal Railway is a story with a happy ending. Most books on the subject of rail transit systems end with the tracks torn up and the cars put out to pasture. This ends with the revitalization and renewal of a new Muni with extended tracks and new cars.
What other system simutaneously operates streetcars, light rail subway, electric trolley coaches, motor coaches and cable cars? What other system calls itself a “railway” in the 1980s? In San Francisco the term is used with both pride in the past and promise in the future. This book tells the full story of how the Muni was developed.

Hardcover book with dust jacket. Both book and dust jacket are good condition with normal handling wear.

260 pages with 2 fold out maps – The Municipal Railway 1980 and 1931 proposals for rapid transit.

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