Paul Grether photo
Our June Zoom program, Kristen & Paul’s Excellent Adventures: Trains, Trolleys, Tunnels and Tires, will be presented by Kristen Fredriksen of the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum and ERA board member Paul Grether. They will be showcasing travels in the United States and the United Kingdom focusing on all things new, old, preserved, abandoned, obscure or otherwise interesting. Read More
Please visit this page for the link to register for our JUNE Zoom presentation. We will post the Zoom Registration button about five days before the meeting.
The Metropolitan New York Bus Association Committee of the Motor Bus Society (MNYBA/MBS) welcomes our fellow ERA members back following a two-year absence from trips, for a comfortable Coach Tours bus to the Pennsylvania Dutch area.
Our first stop will be at the Museum of Bus Transportation in Hershey for the Spring Fling, where a huge collection of historic and modern buses will be available for riding and photographing. A bus memorbilia flea market and lunch will be available at the museum.
Next we will visit the Red Rose Transit Authority’s Transit Center in downtown Lancaster. There will be free time in Strasburg to visit the Strasburg Rail Road or the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. We will end the day at the fabulous Shady Maple Smorgasbord in East Earl with its gut busting variety of food offerings!
We plan on returning to NYC around 9:45 p.m. Please join us on a wonderful outing to Pennsylvania! Read More
Our 2022 convention, based in San Diego from July 7-10, is sold out. However, you may contact ERA via the waitlist form on our website to be placed on a waiting list. Read More
By now, all ERA members whose dues are paid up through 2020 should be receiving a copy of Eric Oszustowicz’s The Elevated Railways of Brooklyn and the BMT Subway, Volume One: 1864-1940. This incredible 436-page book counts as the 2019 and 2020 issues of Headlights. Copies are also available for sale on our Publication Sales page. If you haven’t received your book by July 15th, or you have any other problems, please complete our contact form.
OrderERA monthly meetings have been held via Zoom since the pandemic began. Starting in June 2020, these presentations have been recorded and posted here and on our YouTube channel, ERA-TV.
Members, feel free to share this page with your friends. If they enjoy our Zoom programs, they can join the ERA right now using our New Member Application Form. Digital dues are $60 and members receive the monthly Bulletin via email. All-print dues are $110 per year. Those under 30 years are eligible for $30 youth dues. All three memberships include either an annual print copy of the color Headlights magazine or a book every two years.
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DonateWe’re proud to announce the 2022 ERA Membership Card, photographed by the late Ron Yee and featuring the Miami Metrorail approaching Government Center. Our membership cards are now digital. Upload them to your phone for easy access, or print them if you want to add your name and membership number. Download your 2022 ERA Membership Card today!
DownloadThe complete series of 2016-2022 membership cards is available as high-res PDFs, suitable for printing and framing. Click an image to enlarge; click a caption to download the PDF.
We have a huge selection of Headlights in both print and PDF editions, plus The Elevated Railways of Brooklyn and the BMT Subway book, all available for immediate purchase online. Plus, our convenient Publication Sales section is cleaner and easier to use than ever before.
The Zoom Meeting Calendar is a monthly feature compiled by ERA member George Chiasson Jr. Zoom presentations are happening at transit clubs all across the country, and now you won’t have to miss a single one. Thank you, George!
Presenter: Harvey Laner
Electric Railroaders’ Assoc.
When Ray Berger passed away in 2016, he left a trove of transportation memorabilia he had been collecting for decades. Jeff Erlitz and Noah Caplin have been hard at work sorting through these archives. Jeff has scanned a bunch of the vintage items they found, presented here for our members to enjoy.
Our new Periodicals landing page gathers all of our ERA magazines and newsletters in one spot for easy access.
