The Lake Shore Electric Railway Story

Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., has carried on concurrent careers as a railroad historian, writer, photographer, and working railroader. He is author of The Railroad That Never Was: Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad (IUP, 2010), The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway: J. P. Morgan's Magnificent Mistake (IUP, 2008), and Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers (IUP, 2003). Robert S. Korach was elected in 1995 to the American Public Transit Association Hall of Fame. He is past president of the Association of Railway Museums.

Introduction: The Lake Shore Electric — What It Was and Where It Went
1. Genesis: 1901 - 1903
2. Putting It All Together: 1904 - 1907
3. The Developing Years: 1908 - 1913
4. The Great War: 1914 - 1918
5. Not Quite Normalcy: 1919 - 1922
6. A Snapshot at the Summit: The Lake Shore Electric in 1923
7. Transition: 1923 - 1929
8. The End of the Line: 1930 - 1938
9. Epilogue: The Afterlife
10. The Predecessors : 1883 - 1906
11. Passenger Services
12. City Operations
13. Freight Services
14. The Equipment
Appendix 1: Roster of Equipment
Appendix 2: Carbarns, Shops, Power Houses, Substations