Acknowledgements | v
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Dedication | viii
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Foreword (by Walter P. Gray) | ix
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Introduction | xi
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Part One: The Electric Way
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1. Turning Gold into Coal | 3
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2. City Service, The Electric Way | 21
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3. To the Land of the Flame Tokay | 33
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4. Other People's Money | 47
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5. Through to Sacramento | 67
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6. Reaching the Zenith | 77
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7. The Battle over Corporate Ownership | 101
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8. Weathering the Depression | 123
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9. Power Drop | 167
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Part Two: The End of Electrification |
10. General Electric = Diesel Electric | 201
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11. Leaving the Streets of Sacramento | 231
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14. The Schenectady Shuffle | 249
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13. Growth in the Face of Adversity | 269
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14. Renaissance by Tinker | 287
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14. A Shortline for the 21st Century | 287
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Appendix: Equipment Roster and Drawings | 351
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Appendix: Documents | 372
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Bibliography | 381
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Index | 383
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