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I would like to thank JJ Sedelmaier and JJ Sedelmaier Productions for their work and allowing posting of this list. Be cautioned some of the articles mentioned in these books and magazines may be only a few lines long and are not an all inclusive view of the North Shore Line. Please do not use this list for "personal gain". This is his hard work and anything other than reference uses please contact JJ Sedelmaier- J2SP@aol.com
3/24/99 CNS&M "BOOK" BIBLIOGRAPHY
PLAN OF EVANSTON Evanston Small Parks & Bowman Publishing Playground Association 1917
BOOK OF RULES CNS & MRR CNS & MRR 1919
PLAN OF WINNETKA Edward H. Bennett Winnetka Plan Commision 1921
PLAN OF WILMETTE Wilmette Plan Comm. Wilmette Plan Comm. 1922
CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL Chicago Architectural Art Inst. of Chicago EXHIBITION 1923 Club 1923
EVANSTON Kiwanis Club of Kiwanis Club of Evanston 1924
CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL Chicago Architectural Art Institute of Chicago EXHIBITION LEAGUE 1924 Club 1924
FOURTH ANNUAL OF The Art Directors Book Service Co. ADVERTISING ART Club 1925
28TH INTERNATIONAL Rev. C.F. Donovan 28th Eucharistic Congress EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS Committee 1926
POSTERS & PUBLICITY Sydney R. Jones The Studio Ltd., London SPECIAL "AUTUMN" NUMBER 1926
WESTVACO INSPIRATION Series 1927 - #22 West VA Pulp & Paper Co. FOR PRINTERS 1927
SEVENTH ANNUAL OF The Art Directors Book Service Co. ADVERTISING ART Club 1928
REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION IN Transportation Survey McClellan & Junkersfeld,
THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN Committee of Milwaukee Inc. DISTRICT 1928
24TH ANNUAL REPORT - BOARD Bion J. Arnold Board of Supervising OF SUPERVISING ENGINEERS Engineers CHICAGO TRACTION 1931
TRAINS ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS Number 3 Kalmbach Publishing MIDWESTERN RAILROADS 1943
TRAINS ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS Number 7 Kalmbach Publishing ELECTRIC RAILWAYS 1944
THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY George Krambles Kalmbach Publishing PICTORIAL 1945
KENILWORTH Village of Kenilworth Kenilworth Hist. Society FIRST FIFTY YEARS 1947
THE WORLD'S RAILWAYS Odhams Press Ltd. Odhams Press Ltd. 1948
MAJOR TRAFFIC WAYS Wisc. State Hwy. Comm. DeLeuw, Cather & Co. City of Milwaukee 1949
TRAINS ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS Number 18 Kalmbach Publishing RAILROADS OF CHICAGO 1950
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY Francis X. Busch Bobbs Merrill 1952
28 MILES NORTH: THE STORY Marvyn Wittelle Highwood History Fndtn. OF HIGHWOOD 1953
WILMETTE VILLAGE CODE Village of Wilmette Michie City Publications 1955
THE STORY OF WINNETKA Lora Townsend Winnetka Historical Society Dickinson 1956
PIONEER TO COMMUTER Marvyn Wittelle Rotary Club of Highland Park 1958
STREET CARS AND INTERURBANS Owen Davies Owen Davies OF YESTERDAY 1960
INTERURBAN ERA, THE William D. Middleton Golden West Books 1961
INSULL Forrest McDonald Univ. of Chicago Press 1962
INTERURBAN TO MILWAUKEE CERA Bulletin #106 CERA 1962
LAKE FOREST ILLINOIS Edward Arpee Rotary Club of Lake Forest 1963
THE POSTER, Ervine Metzl Watson Guptill ITS HISTORY AND ITS ART 1963
ROUTE OF THE ELECTROLINERS CERA Bulletin #107 CERA 1963
CHICAGO SCHOOL OF Carl W. Condit Univ. of Chicago Press ARCHITECTURE, THE 1964
ELECTRIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS George Hilton & Stanford Univ. Press IN AMERICA, THE John Due 1964
NORTH SHORE: AMERICA'S William D. Middleton Golden West Books FASTEST INTERURBAN 1964
PYRAMIDS OF POWER M.L. Ramsay Da Capo Press 1964
SCENES FROM THE SHORE LINES Robert P. Olmsted R.P. Olmsted 1964
SOME CLASSIC TRAINS Arthur D. Dubin Kalmbach Publishing 1964
CINCINNATI CURVED SIDE CARS Richard & Birdella Wagner Car Co. Wagner 1965
WAUKEGAN ILLINOIS Ruth W. Gregory City Waukegan 1967
INTERURBANS TO THE LOOP Robert P. Olmsted R.P. Olmsted1969
SOUTH SHORE: THE LAST William D. Middleton Golden West Books INTERURBAN 1970
ELECTRIC RWY CARS & TRUCKS John Stephenson Co. Glenwood Publishers 1905 1972
CHICAGO 1910-29 Carl W. Condit Univ. of Chicago Press 1973
ELECTRIC RWY CARS & TRUCKS John Stephenson Co. Glenwood Publishers 1973
CHICAGO 1930-70 Carl W. Condit Univ. of Chicago Press 1974
CHICAGO'S RAPID TRANSIT CERA Bulletin #113 CERA VOLUME 1 1974
INTERURBAN TO MILWAUKEE CERA Bulletin #B-106 CERA 2nd Printing 1974
MORE CLASSIC TRAINS Arthur D. Dubin Kalmbach Publishing 1974
5:10 TO SUBURBIA, THE Robert P. Olmsted R.P. Olmsted 1975
ROUTE OF THE ELECTROLINERS CERA Bulletin #B-107 CERA 2nd Printing 1975
CHICAGO'S RAPID TRANSIT CERA Bulletin #115 CERA Volume 2 1976
WINNETKA: BIOGRAPHY OF A Caroline Thomas Schori Press VILLAGE Harnsberger 1977
AMERICA'S COLORFUL RAILROADS Don Ball Jr. Bonanza Books 1978
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CERA Bulletin #118 CERA RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION 1979
FROM HORSE CARS TO A.R. Lind Transport History Press STREAMLINERS 1978
HISTORY OF THE ST. LOUIS Andrew Young & Howell-North Books CAR CO., THE Eugene Provenzo, Jr. 1978
NORTH SHORE LINE MEMORIES George V.Campbell Domus Books 1980
REMEMBER WHEN CERA Bulletin #119 CERA 1980
RAIL CITY: CHICAGO U.S.A. George H. Douglas Howell-North Books 1981
DESTINATION LOOP Brian Cudahy Stephen Greene Press 1982
THE FANSTEEL STORY Jon R. Tennyson Fansteel Inc. 1982
MODERN LOCOMOTIVES Brian Hollingsworth & Crescent Books Arthur Cook 1983
WILMETTE: A HISTORY (2 ED.) George Bushnell Wilmette Bicentenial Comm. 1983
TRACTION CLASSICS VOL.1 William D. Middleton Golden West Books 1984
ST. LOUIS CAR CO. ALBUM Andrew D. Young Interurban Press 1984
COLORFUL STREETCARS WE CERA Bulletin #125 CERA ODE, THE 1985
DAYS OF THE NORTH SHORE LINE George V. Campbell National Bus Trader 1985
TRACTION CLASSICS VOL.2 William D. Middleton Golden West Books 1985
A SPIRIT CAPABLE John Hogan The Mobiun Press/Chicago
THE STORY OF COMMONWEALTH EDISON 1986
GUIDE TO CHICAGO'S TRAIN Ira Bach & Susan Ohio Univ. Press STATIONS, A Wolfson 1986
SUNSET LINES/1-TRACKAGE Larry Plachno Transportation Trails 1986
TRACTION CLASSICS VOL. 3 William D. Middleton Golden West Books 1986
CREATING CHICAGO'S NORTH SHORE Michael H. Ebner Ohio Univ. Press 1988
RAINBOW OF TRACTION, A CERA Bulletin #126 CERA 1988
SUNSET LINES/2-HISTORY Larry Plachno Transportaion Trails 1989
FROM BULLETS TO BART CERA Bulletin #127 CERA 1989
JOSEPH SEARS AND HIS Colleen B. Kilner Kenilworth Historical KENILWORTH Society 1990
NORTH SHORE LINE MEMORIES George V. Campbell Interurban Press 2nd Printing 1990
ELECTRIC CITY, THE Harold L. Platt Univ. of Chicago Press 1991
TRANSPORTATION UNIFORM Don VanCourt Donald P. VanCourt, P.E. BUTTONS, TRANSIT 1991 Vol. 2
NOT ONLY PASSENGERS CERA Bulletin #129 CERA 1992
THE MEMOIRS OF SAMUEL INSULL, Larry Plachno Transportation Trails 1992
PIGGYBACK & CONTAINERS David J. DeBoer Golden West Books 1992
BREEZERS Stephen L. Meyers Transportation Trails 1993
CTA AT 45 George Krambles & Art George Krambles Transit Peterson Scholarship Fund: 1993
THE THIRD RAIL LINE CHICAGO, Hopkins Stolp Peffers American Slide-Chart Corp. AURORA & ELGIN R.R. 1993 Volume 3
THE "L" Bruce Moffat CERA Bulletin #131 1995
THE INSULL CHICAGO Gordon Lloyd Morning Sun Books INTERURBANS 1996
LOST WRIGHT Carla Lind Simon & Schuster Editions 1996
CLASSIC AMERICAN M. Schafer & J. Welsh Motor Books Intl. STREAMLINERS 1997
POSTER - AMERICAN STYLE Therese Thau Heyman Abrams 1998
CHICAGO TRANSIT David M. Young Northern Illinois University Press 1998
MOONLIGHT IN DUNELAND Ronald D. Cohen & Indiana University Press Stephen G. McShane 1998
THE GOLDEN AGE OF STEAM Colin Garratt Lorenz Books 1998
PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEYS VO. II William D. Volkmer Morning Sun Books 1998
ELECTROLINER LEGEND, THE John D. Horachek Transportation Trails 199?
CNS&M "SOFTBOUND" BIBLIOGRAPHY
DEED OF A.C. FROST TO CNS&M State of Illinois Cook County 8/12/1916
ALONG THE NORTH SHORE LINE CNS&M CNS&M 1923 (COFFIN REPORT)
THE SKOKIE VALLEY COUNTRYSIDE CNS&M CNS&M 1925
ALONG THE NORTH SHORE LINE
JOURNEY ALONG THE NORTH SHORE LINE CNS&M 1926
CHICAGO GUILD OF FREE Guild of Free Chicago Photo- 1927
LANCE ARTISTS Lance Artists Engravers
WHITE FLAGS CNS&M CNS&M 1928
GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT Robert L.Anderson Northwestern Univ. 1941 AT WINNETKA ILLINOIS
5 ESSENTIALS TO SUCCESSFUL CNS&M CNS&M 1942 MANUFACTURING
ANNUAL REPORT OF WINNETKA Village of Village of 1943 Winnetka
PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FOR District Court CNS&M Railroad Co. 1945 CNS&M RAILROAD COMPANY of U.S.
ERHS BULLETIN 5 Westington Electric Railway 1945
Westinghouse Cars & Equip. Electric & Mfg.Co Historical Society
CARS OF THE NORTH SHORE LINE George Krambles CERA 1947 CERA Bulletin B-68
TRACK CHARTS: CNS&M Office Eng. Maintenance 1949 HOWARD ST.-TO-N.CHICAGO JUNC. Of Way (S.P. Shafer)/ LINDEN AVE.-TO-N.CHICAGO JUNC. /LAKE BLUFF-TO-MUNDELEIN/ N.CHICAGO JUNC.-TO-MILWAUKEE
ERHS BULLETIN 14 McGuire-Cummings Electric Railway
McGuire-Cummings Mfg.Co. Mfg. Co. Historical Society 1954
INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT AND Duff, Anderson Chicago, North Shore 1954
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS & Clark System, Inc.
ERHS BULLETIN 17 Ben Willens Electric Railway
Trolley Guide 1915 Historical Society 1955
WILMETTE AND THE SUBURBAN Herbert B.Mulford Wilmette Pub. Library 1955 WHIRL
INTERURBANS SPECIAL 24 E. Harper Interurbans 1957
RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS Charlton
ERHS BULLETIN 27 Electric Railway Electric Railway 1957
1912 Convention Issue Journal Historical Society
ERHS BULLETIN 28 James Buckley Electric Railway
EVANSTON RAILWAY CO. Historical Society 1958
NORTH SHORE LINE Roy G.Benedict Roy G. Benedict 1958
POCKET MAP #3
NORTH SHORE LINE CNS&M CNS&M 1958
TRAFFIC SURVEY OF REVENUE PASSENGERS 11/10 - 11/16 1958
NORTH SHORE LINE Paul Moore Paul Moore 1958
TROLLEY CAR PLAN BOOKLET
CHICAGO AREA TRANSPORTATION Study Committee Study Committee 1959 STUDY I
CHICAGO AREA TRANSPORTATION Study Committee Study Committee 1960 STUDY II
PARK N'RIDE GRAPHS, MAPS & CTA Chic. Transit Auth. 1960 TABLES
CHICAGO AREA TRANSPORTATION Study Committee Study Committee 1962 STUDY III
TRACTION FAN'S DIRECTORY 1962 Vane A. Jones Vane A. Jones Co. 1962
TRACTION PHOTO ALBUM #1 Vane A. Jones Vane A. Jones Co. 1962
SURVEY OF ELECTRIC RAILWAY MUSEUMS James W. Walker Jr. Assoc. of Railway Museums 1963
TROLLEYS TO MILWAUKEE John Gruber Illini Railroad Club 1963
TROLLEY TALK - V.I. Richard Wagner Wagner Car Co. 1963
MAPS OF NORTH SHORE LINE CERA CERA 1964
TRACTION PLANBOOK AND Harold Carstens Carstens 1964 PHOTO ALBUM
SKOKIE SWIFT PROGRESS REPORTS CTA CTA 1964-68
ELEVATED SYSTEM AND THE James Leslie Northwestern University 1965
THE GROWTH OF NORTHERN CHICAGO, Davis
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE ROSTERS Robert J. Wayner Wayner Publications 1965
THE CHICAGO - MILWAUKEE Irving Cutler Northwestern University 1965
CORRIDOR TRACTION FAN'S DIRECTORY 1965 Vane A. Jones Vane A. Jones Co. 1965
THE BIRNEY CAR Harold E. Cox Harold E. Cox 1966
THE END OF AN ERA Racine Cty.Hist. Racine Cty.Hist. Museum 1966
TROLLEY TALK - V.II Richard Wagner Wagner Car Co. 1966
CHICAGO ELEVATED RAILROADS Owen Davies Owen Davies 1967
TRACTION PLAN BOOK (2nd Ed) Harold Carstens Carstens 1968
PLAN BOOK I James Sandberg North Shore Technical Information Group 1969
TRACTION HANDBOOK V.I. Blair Foulds NMRA 1972
TROLLEY TALK V.IV Richard Wagner Wagner Car Co. 1972
TRAIN SHED CYCLOPEDIA #25 Car Builders Newton K. Gregg
ELECTRIC MOTOR CARS 1888-1928 Dictionary & Encyclopedia Publisher 1974
THE COMMUNICATOR Warren L. Wilmette Village 1975 Burnmeister Govt.
CERA'S EARLY BULLETINS 1-19 CERA CERA 1976
TRAVEL POSTERS BEVIS HILLER E.P. Dutton 1976
AN INTERURBAN GOES MODERN CERA CERA 1977 Bulletins 20-34
TRACTION GUIDE BOOK Mike Schafer Kalmbach 1977 2nd Printing
THE TROLLEY...(3rd Print) W. M. Moedinger Applied Art Pub. 1977
TROLLEY TALK - V.III Richard Wagner Wagner Car Co. 1978
UPTOWN LANDMARKS & LEGENDS OF Jacki Lyden &Chet Jackus 1980
TRACTION YEARBOOK '81 Joseph P. Saitta Traction Slide Intl. 1981
TRACKS TO TOWN, THE Elliot Donnelley Lake Forest/Bluff 1981 Historical Society
HIGHLAND PARK Philip Berger Highland Park Landmark 1982 Preservation Commitee
TRACTION YEARBOOK '83 Joseph P. Saitta Traction Slide Intl. 1983
TROLLEY TO THE PAST Andrew D. Young Interurban Press 1983
TRANSIT RWYS OF U.S.STREET, INTERURBAN & RAPID R.R. Bullard Harold E. Cox 1984
30 YEARS LATER: THE SHORE LINE Norm Carlson CERA 1985
TROLLEY TALK - V.VII Richard Wagner Wagner Car Co. 1985
TROLLEY TALK - V.VIII Richard Wagner Wagner Car Co. 1986
SHORE LINE SCRAPBOOK Victor Wagner Victor Wagner 1986
NEW PICTORIAL VALUE GUIDE TO RAILROAD PLAYING CARDS Phil Bollhagen Phil Bollhagen 1987
INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION D.R. McKenzie Simmons - Boardman 1989 M.C. North Books, Inc. D.S. Smith
RAIL TRANSIT PHILADELPHIA Henry Elsner NJ International Inc. 1989
THE OFFICIAL GUIDE RAILROAD DINING CAR CHINA: Doug McIntyre Golden Spike Enterprise 1990
MID-CENTURY N. AMERICAN STREET RAILWAYS Allan H. Berner B.Rohbeck Traction Pub. 1991
RIDE DOWN MEMORY LANE Branford Electric Branford Electric 1991 Railway Assoc.
TRACTION HANDBOOK FOR MODEL RAILROADERS Paul & Steven 2-10-4 Mallery Publications 1992
CHICAGO CONVENTION 1993 Nat. Railway Historic Society NRHS 1993
AMERICAN RAILROADS John Norwood Heimburger House Pub. 1995
TROLLEY CARS Frank Sullivan & Motorbooks Int. Pub. 1995
TRACKS THROUGH TIME Winnetka Winnetka Hist. Society 1997
TRAILS & RAILS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE George Campbell 1997
CHICAGO YESTERDAY John Hartray Gingko Press 1998
BIRNEY CAR PANORAMA Frederick A. Bells & Whistles 1998
WALTER/GRAHAM:LIVING HISTORY Katherine M. White University Central Washington 1998
RAILROAD LOCKS & KEYS J. Gross/R.C. Barrett 1998 V.I. ADAMS & WESTLAKE CO. Railroad Research Pub.
CNS&M VIDEOGRAPHY
ALONG THE GREEN BAY TRAIL George F. Wheeler Atlas Educational Film Co. 1922
PACE OF PROGRESS North Shore Line Rothacker Film Mfg. Co. 1922
MOVING MILLIONS Charles E. Keevil Chicago Rapid Transit 1937
NORTH SHORE LINE: 1945 CRT-Charles E. Keevil Interurban Films 1945
CERA-LAST DAY SHORE LINE Barney Stone Barney Stone SKOKIE VALLEY FOOTAGE Circa 1955
THE ROAD OF SERVICE NORTH SHORE LINE Zink-Bowman-Zuber C.A. Zink 1959
ROAD OF SERVICE: THE NORTH SHORE Robert Harris Iris Productions 1965
CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE & SOUTH BEND R.R. Walter M. Berko Railroad Video Prod.1986
NORTH SHORE LINE Frank Pfuhler Jr. Sunday River Productions 1988
TAKE A RIDE ON THE NORTH SHORE LINE Don Olson Catenary Video Prods.1988
AMERICA ON RAILS I Arthur M. Cox Jr. WB Video Productions 1989
AMERICA ON RAILS II Arthur M. Cox Jr. WB Video Productions 1989
AMERICA ON RAILS III Arthur M. Cox Jr. WB Video Productions 1989
CHICAGO'S 3 INTERURBANS Walter Keevil/ Interurban Films Bill Warrick 1989
TRACTION ACTION Walter M. Berko Railroad Video Prod. 1990
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE CAMPBELL Roger Hewett 1991
TROLLEY Transit Gloria Mundi Atlas Video Inc. 1991
ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM, THE Railway Productions Railway Productions1992
NORTH AMERICAN TROLLEY TREASURES Revelation Audio Revelation Audio-Visuals 1993
NORTH SHORE LINE Victor Wagner Victor Wagner NRHS/ARIZONA SLIDE SHOW 1993
MIDWEST INTERURBANS A & R Productions Blackhawk Films 1994
ONE MAN'S STREETCARS Transit Gloria Mundi Atlas Video Inc.
THE CTA Paul Samuels Paul Samuels 1994
THE BIG DITCH Winnetka Hist.Soc. Bob Woolson & Assoc.1996
TRACKS AHEAD (EPISODE #309) Milwaukee Public TV Pentrex 1996
TRANSIT ARCHIVE SERIES #3 Transit Gloria Mundi Atlas Video Inc. 1996
INSULL'S INTERURBANS Reminisce Rails Reminisce Rails 1997
CHICAGO'S ELEVATED CARS & ROUTES Arthur Ferguson Rail Tapes 1998
CHICAGO'S ELEVATED & OTHER ELECTRICS Walter M. Berko Railroad Video Production 1999
PERIODICAL LIST
SRR T&T RMC TR1 TR2 TM TH ELEC ETQ PTJ R&R LRP TT
12 8 8/40 2/41 3/65 6/64 V1×2 7×8/91 V1-1 5/77 11/86 11 23
13 14 10/50 3/41 7/65 4/66 V2×1 V1-2 1/79 12/87 12 30 (V1×5)
18 17 9/58 10/44 8/65 6/66 V2×3 V1-3 1/81 1/88 32 35
12.2.04 19 4/63 6/48 10/68 12/67 V2×4 V4-4 1/83 4/91 58 58
36 7/63 8/48 10/82 6/68 V2×6 1/84 5/91 143
40 2/64 1/50 11/82 8/68 V3×4 1/88 154
41 12/65 7/50 4/91 6/69 V3×6 4/91 193
7/66 4/56 5/91 11/70 V4×1 11/94
7/70 11/60 1/93 1/72 V4×5 12/96
10/73 4/61 8/72 V7×5
HOMT FF 2/75 5/61 1/73 V8×1 (1/75)#43 NMRA OSCN RM SGH
3/55 All 10/76 8/61 2/75 V10×2 10/68 12/92 5/78 7/64
Issues 2/78
1/66 1/82 1/62 4/76 V10×5 1/80
PRT
2/84 3/62 2/78 V12×5 July/Aug '98
NSB
12/18 11/84 7/62 4/78 V14×2 ET TRP HL
6/23
8/23 3/85 8/62 11/79 V15×6 8/23 32 10/26
9/23 9/20 8-9/28
11/24 1/97 12/62 5/80 PSCN 8-9/29
7/25 1-2/30
1/28 1/63 9/80 11/23 I TS 11/27
3-4/30 9/25 7/28
3/63 11/80 4/26 11/12-47 12
NSLN 9/26
2/14 6/63 3/82 9/27 1/2-48 V×2 #4
7/41
8/41 8/63 6/82 RTN 3/4-48 67 PTR
11/41 5/25 V3×1
9/47 12/63 7/82 9/25 5/6-48 73
2/64 1/84 AO 7/8-48 77 CQ
11/30 V2×1
3/64 1/96 Special #6 90
WE 4/64 11/12-48
35-12/10/04 5/64
OSRR 7/64 R&W ETJ CH AERA TTC
134 12/61 V16×2 8/21 6/71
14-12/20/04 10/64 BNRHS 149 4/62 V24×2 4/23 9/74
V13.3 150 5/62 V27×2 8/25 #65
EW 12/64 V15.(Fall '50) 154 6/62 11/25 V20.2 158 9/62 2/28
21-8/27/98 2/65 V20.4 159 1/63 3/28
V23.4 160 5/63 RRH FMB TMR 7/28
33-4/8/99 V25.1 163 32 9/77 6/84 3/29
V26.2 164 58 V26×1 4/29
GECR WW V26.3 168 151 5/29
5/24 V27.3 VR 175
7/03 V27.4 #7
V28.1
HR P V28.2 TJ AH TRS RC 8/25 V28.3 9/35 5/36 12/40 12/85 Summer '98 9/10-97
V22.6 5/24 V29.3 11/35 8/36 2/41
9/27 V33.2 12/35 1/37 9/41 Fall 62 1/30 V24.4 1/36 6/37 9/42 6/30 V50.4 3/36 7/37
PERIODICAL LIST
HEAD RA
7/41 4/49 3/54 6/59 2/63 2/15/41
3/43 5/49 4/54 7/59 4/63 3/12/51
5/48 6/49 7/54 11/59 6/63 1/28/63
7/48 7/49 8/54 12/59 7/63
8/48 8/49 9/54 1/60 9/63
9/48 9/49 12/54 2/60 10/63
12/48 12/49 1/55 3/60 11/63
1/49 2/50 2/55 4/60 1/64
2/49 3/50 3/55 6/60 2/64
3/49 4/50 6/55 7/60 3/64
6/50 7/55 9/60 4/64
7/50 9/55 1/61 5/64
10/50 1/56 2/61 7/64
12/50 2/56 5/61 10/64
3/51 11/57 6/61 11/64
4/51 1/58 7/61 6/65
9/51 3/58 8/61 11/65
12/51 6/58 9/61 12/65
2/52 7/58 12/61 5/66
5/52 8/58 5/62 9/66
7/52 9/58 6/62 11/72
8/52 10/58 9/62 4/74
12/52 11/58 10/62 4/75
1/53 3/59 11/62 4/79
2/53 4/59 12/62 1/83
8/53 1/95
11/53
12/53
PERIODICAL GLOSSARY
AERA
AH = American Heritage RRH = Railroad History
AO = Advertising Outdoor RTN = Rapid Transit News
BNRHS= Bulletin Nat. Railway Historical Society R&R = Railroad & Railfan
CH = Chicago History R&W = Rail & Wire
CQ = CTA Quarterly SGH = S Gauge Herald
ELEC = Electriclines SRR = Street Railway Review
ERJ = Electric Railway Journal T&T = Scale Model Traction & Trolley Quarterly
ET = Electric Traction
TH = Traction Heritage
ETJ = Electric Transit Journal
TJ = Transit Journal
ETQ = Electric Traction Quarterly
TM = Traction & Models
EW = Electrical World
TMR = The Milwaukee Railroad
FF = First & Fastest
TR = Trains
FMB = Field Museum of Natural History Bulletin
TRS = Traces
GECR = General Electric Co. Review
TRP = The Railroad Press
HEAD = HeadLights
TS = Trolley Sparks
HR = Headway Recorder
TT = Trolley Talk
HL = High Line
TTC = Time Table Collector
HOMT = HO Model Trains
VR = Vintage Rails
I = Inter-Urbans
WE = Western Electrician
LRP = Locomotive & Railway Preservation
WW = World's Work
MR = Model Railroader Also: - Baldwin Locomotive Works Magazine NMRA = NMRA Bulletin Advertising Parlor Cars 1920's
NSB = North Shore Bulletin - Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company
Advertising Electroliner Seats
NSLN = North Shore Line News
OSCN = O Scale News
OSSR = Original Street Railway Review
P = The Poster
PSCN = Public Service Company of Northern Illinois News
PTJ = Passenger Train Quarterly
PTR = Pacific Transit Review
PRT = Print Magazine
RA = Railway Age
RC = Rail Classics
RM = Railroad Modeler
RMC = Railroad Model Craftsman
RR = Railroad Magazine
IN-CAR ADS
1) To Chicago Direct - Use 2 versions: Cold Weather/Overcoat 1925? The North Shore Line Warm Weather/Jacket Robert Whitelaw
2) African Jewelry - Field Museum By Rapid Transit Early 1920's Oscar Rabe Hanson - 14"x22"
3) Pomegranate - Field Museum By Rapid Transit Early 1920's Oscar Rabe Hanson - 14" x 22"
4) North Shore Line "Between Chicago & Milwaukee" 1940's - CNS&M Electroliner
Notes:
James F. Eppenstein & Assoc. - Electroliner Sketches
N. Lake Shore Drive and Advertising Late 30's - 50's
35 E. Wacker Drive (1939) Architect - Hubbard Woods Station, 1938
Chicago Elevated - Office for "L" Ads (3/35 Esquire)
Advertising Co.
509 S. Franklin St.
400 N. Michigan Ave. (1939)
John J. Moran ( - ) - Commercial Manager/Art Director - Posters 1923
Barron G. Collier Inc. - Design and Art Work for Safety Posters 1921
Luke Grant (1868 - 1930) - Publicity Manager of CRT/CNS&M Editor North Shore Bulletin
1925 - "Skokie Valley - Art Concepts and Structure
Countryside Along The By J.F. Mahon of Carbery & Reed; Printers, C hicago
North Shore Line" In Collaboration with J.T. Armbrust - Artist
Thomas Cusack Co. - Advertising Coordinating Firm
General Outdoor Posters, Billboards, Etc. Advertising Co., Inc. 515 - 517 S. Loomis Monroe 6800
Mayer Brown & Platt - Chicago Law Firm - Bought Extensive
Denny Mayer Poster Collection from Poster Plus in 1975
Central Electric Railfan Association Bulletins
June 2000
Compiled by Donald F. Flathman, email: flathman@rcn.com
With additions by William E. Miller, e-mail: traction@home.com;
Malcolm D. McCarter, e-mail: mmccarter@cybertrails.com;
Fred Mobley, e-mail: fmobley@juno.com;
and Schuyler G. Larrabee, e-mail: sgl2@ix.netcom.com
B-1 CNS&M; Nov. 1938
B-2 CRT Met. Division; Feb. 1939
B-3 Chicago and West Towns Railway Inspection Trip; April 1939
B-4 CSS&SB; June 1939
B-5 CA&E Roster; Aug.1939
B-6 Milwaukee Electric Railway and Transportation Co.; Sept. 1939
B-7 1939 Annual Report; (Date?)
B-8 Northern Indiana Railway; Dec. 1939
B-9 Windsor, Essex & LS; Jan. 1940
B-10 TE Car; Jan. 1940
B-11 Key Articulated Cars; Feb. 1940
B-12 Hudson Valley Railway.; March 1940
B-13 CNS&M Modernized Car 741; March 1940
B-14 Illinois Central Electrification; May 1940
B-15 Western Ohio #41; May 1940
B-16 Des Moines Railway. Car 702; July 1940
B-17 Indiana Railroad System; Sept.1940
B-18 Indianapolis Railway l00 Class Car; Sept. 1940
B-19 1940 Annual Report; (Date?)
CERA'S Early Bulletins, Bulletins 1-19, 1938-1940; reprinted 1976
B-20 C&LE Car 202; Jan. 1941
B-21 Indiana Railroad RPO Cars 375-377; Jan. 1941
B-22 CNS&M Electroliners, plan; Feb. 1941
B-23 CNS&M Electroliners; March 1941
B-24 Trenton-Princeton; May 1941
B-25 Columbus, Delaware & Marion #500; May 1941
B-26 Seashore Electric Railway; June 1941
B-27 CSL Roster; July 1941
B-28 Illinois Terminal Class D Loco.; Sept. 1941
B-29 CERA Official Car 300; Sept. 1941
B-30 Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern; Nov. 1941
B-31 1941 Annual Report; (Date?)
B-32-34 ?
CERA'S Early Bulletins, Bulletins 20-34, 1941-1942; reprinted 1977
B-35-39 ?
B-40 Jamestown, Northfield & Northwestern; Dec. 1942
B-41 Modernization of Car 15; Sept. 1942
B-42 Chicago, South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway, Southern Michigan Railway; compiled(?) Nov. 1942
B-43 Veterans All; Nov. 1942
B-44 Interurban Lines of Central and Western New York State; March 1943
B-45 Officer's Car of the Los Angeles-Pacific Co.; May 1943
CERA'S Early Bulletins, Bulletins 35-45, 1942-1943: Modernization of Car 15;
reprinted 1984
B-46 Marion Railways; June 1943
B-47 Galveston-Houston Electric; June 1943
B-48 Roster of Lehigh Valley Transit Co.; Nov. 1943
B-49 Board of Director's Report; Nov. 1943
B-50 East Erie Commercial Railroad; March 1944
B-51 Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Car 120; July 1944
B-52 Lake Shore Electric Railway; July 1944
B-53 Springfield Suburban Railroad (of Ohio); July 1944
B-54 Emblems and Monograms of Electric Railways; July 1944
B-55 An Album of Illinois Traction Cars 270 and 271; Aug. 1944
B-56 Joint issue with INL: Michigan Railroad, Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo Line; Sept. -Oct. 1944
B-57 Double-deck Electric Railway Cars; Nov. 1944
B-58 Board of Director's Report; Nov. 1944
B-59 Timetables of Electric Railways of Ind., Ohio, Ky. and Mich.; Jan.1945
B-60 Springfield, Troy & Piqua Railway.; May 1945
B-61 Early Terre Haute Street Cars; May 1945
B-62 Union Traction Co. of Indiana, 1893-1930; 1945
B-63 (same subject as B-62); (Date?)
B-64 Chicago, Aurora and Elgin; (Date?) 1946
B-65 Aroostook Valley Railroad Co.; Nov. 1946
B-66 Trolley Sparks: Airlines, Hershey Transit ; Feb. 1947
B-67 Trolley Sparks: Chatauqua Traction Co.; March 1947
B-68 Cars of the North Shore Line; April 1947
B-69 Trolley Sparks: Texas Electric Railway; (Date?)
B-70 Trolley Sparks: Indianapolis Traction Terminal; Little Rock Streetcars; May 1947
B-71 Trolley Sparks: Princeton-Bluefield Interurban; Harmony Route; June 1947
B-72 Trolley Sparks: Fort Collins Municipal Railway, Georgia Power Co.; July 1947
B-73 Trolley Sparks: Chicago's Els and New PCC Cars; Aug. 1947
B-74 Trolley Sparks: Oklahoma City and Interurban Lines; Sept. 1947
B-75 Trolley Sparks: Montreal and Southern Counties Railway; Oct.-Nov. 1947
B-76 Trolley Sparks: The South Shore Line; Dec. 1947
B-77 Trolley Sparks: The Illini Trail -- Chicago and Illinois Valley Railroad; Jan.-Feb. 1948
B-78 Trolley Sparks: Electric Car Trucks; March-April 1948
B-79 Trolley Sparks: Tuscaloosa Trolleys; May-June 1948
B-80 Trolley Sparks: Records of Rolling Stock Ordered for 1906-1929; 10th Anniversary
Issue; Sept. 1948
B-81 Trolley Sparks: Lehigh Valley Transit; (Date?)
B-82 Trolley Sparks: Illinois Terminal; 1949
B-83 Trolley Sparks: Illinois Terminal; 1949 (supplement to #82)
B-84 Gary Railways; 1949; reprinted 1975
B-85 Trolley Sparks: Trolley air brakes, VHF radio for South Shore; June-July-Aug. 1949
B-86 Trolley Sparks: Suspended Monorail; Billingham-Mt. Vernon interurban; Sept.-Oct. 1949
B-87 CERA Album of 1949; (Date?)
B-88 Trolley Sparks: Philadelphia Suburban Trans. Co.; (Date?)
B-89 ?
B-90 ?
B-91 Indiana Railroad System; Sept. 1950; reprinted and re-edited 1973 and 1975
B-92 New Developments of 1950: Milw. Little Joes; Chicago and NY Transit; Nov. 1950
B-93 Trolley Sparks: Chicago and Interurban Traction Co.; Feb. 1951
B-94 Trolley Sparks: Technical Issue -- Air brakes, motors, controllers; May 1951
B-95 Electric Railways of Washington State; Nov. 1951
Complete Listing and Topical Index -- Bulletins, Trolley Sparks, other publications,
1938-1951; issued after B-95 in 1952(?)
B-97 Trolley Sparks: Electric Railways of Wisconsin; 1953
B-98 Trolley Sparks: Illinois Traction System; 1954
B-99 Trolley Sparks: The Smaller Electric Railways of Illinois; 1955
B-100 Electric Railways of Iowa; 1956
B-101 Electric Railways of Indiana; 1957
B-102 Electric Railways of Indiana, Part II; 1959
B-103 Electric Railways of Michigan; 1959
B-104 Electric Railways of Indiana, Part III; 1960
B-105 The Great Third Rail; 1961
B-106 Interurban to Milwaukee; 1962
B-107 Route of the Electroliners; 1963
B-108 Electric Railways of Northeastern Ohio; 1965
B-109 The N.O.T & L. Story; 1966. Northern Ohio Traction Revisited; 1967
B-110 West Penn Traction; 1968
B-111 Badger Traction; 1969
B-112 TM-The Milwaukee Electric Ry & Light Co.; 1972
B-113 Chicago's Rapid Transit, Vol. I, 1892-1947; 1973
B-114 Iowa Trolleys; 1975
B-115 Chicago's Rapid Transit, Vol. II, 1947-1976; 1976
B-116 Electrification By GE; 1976
B-117 Detroit's Street Railways, Vol. I, 1863-1922; 1978
B-118 Westinghouse Electric Railway Transportation; 1979
B-119 Remember When Trolley Wires Spanned The Country; 1980
B-120 Detroit's Street Railways, Vol. II, 1922-1956; 1980
B-121 Texas Electric Railway; 1982
B-122 Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Trolleys; 1983
B-123 Detroit's Street Railways Vol. III, 1984;
B-124 Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad; 1985
B-125 The Colorful Street Cars We Rode; 1986
B-126 A Rainbow of Traction; 1988
B-127 From Bullets To Bart; 1989
B-128 Indiana Railroad; 1991
B-129 Not Only Passengers; 1992
B-130 Every Hour On The Hour; 1993
B-131 The "L," Chicago's Rapid Transit, 1888-1932; 1995
B-132 Northern Indiana Railway; 1998
The early bulletins are self-covered newsletters. The reprints of CERA's Early Bulletins;
B-91 and its reprints; and the Supplement book to B-109, Northern Ohio Traction
Revisited, are softbound. Bulletins 98 through 107 are spiral bound with a plastic or
wire comb. B-105 also was issued hardbound. All the rest(?) are hardbound.
Trolley Sparks
No. 12: Chicago; July 1945
No. 13: Chicago; Aug. 1945
No. 14: Chicago; Sept. 1945
No. 15: Chicago; Oct. 1945
No. 16: Portland Lewiston Interurban; Nov. 1945
Vol. 2, no. 2: Car Roster of Cincinnati St. Railway; Jan. 1946
Vol. 2, no. 4: Evanston Railway Co., John Stevenson NY Exhibition; March 1946
Vol. 2, no. 5: Michigan Interurbans; April 1946
Vol. 2, no. 8: Jamestown St. Railway, Chautauqua Traction Co.; July 1946
Vol. 2., no. 12: Rapid Transit Development in Chicago; Box Trailers of
Peoria Interurban Railway; Nov. 1946
Vol. 3, no. 2: Twin Cities Rapid Transit Co., Pittsburgh County Railway,
New Wireless Railway; Jan. 1947
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