Regional Trips

Connecticut Day Trip

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Join the ERA as we kick off this summer with a day trip to two fantastic rail museums in Connecticut, the Danbury Railway Museum and the Connecticut Trolley Museum. Both have diverse collections and are sure to be a treat for anyone who is a fan of electric traction. Orders are due by June 1, so book your tickets ASAP! More details here

May Meeting

Jeff Erlitz

Friday, May 18, 2018

Join us this May as Jeff Erlitz presents our monthly slideshow. Be there! More details here

June Meeting

Andrew Ludasi

Friday, June 15, 2018

The presenter of our June meeting will be Andrew Ludasi. His show will feature low-light and nighttime photography, lots of museums (five in Japan!) and other points of interest. Don’t miss our last meeting before summer! More details here

National Convention

San Francisco Bay Area

September 1–4, 2018

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For 2018, the Electric Railroaders’ Association returns to the San Francisco Bay Area for its four-day convention over the Labor Day weekend. It was 2004 when we last held our convention here and a lot has changed. The convention will feature streetcar charters, shop tours, a ride on the new Sonoma-Marin (SMART) and eBART diesel commuter rail lines, provision for a ferry ride, two museums, and just the right amount of time on your own with a pre-loaded Clipper Card. More details here

Headlights 2017

Print Edition

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Weighing in at 96 pages, Headlights 2017 is bursting with three spectacular articles, starting with Ron Yee’s colorful look at “Aruba’s Oranjstad Streetcar.” Although they look like vintage trolleys from 100 years ago, these fascinating trams are powered by state-of-the-art hybrid batteries. Next, John Pappas writes about the “Twilight for Western European PCCs.” Travelling city by city, he has documented the last remaining European PCCs in exquisite detail before they vanish forever. We conclude this issue with “Granada Metro Follow-up” by Randy Glucksman, picking up where Headlights 2016 left off with the final opening of this much-delayed system. A few extra copies are available for only $20 each, including shipping. More details here

Headlights 2016

Print Edition

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Headlights gets a new look for the first time in 20 years, and some members are calling it the best issue ever published. Eric Oszustowicz, author of “The Elevated Railways of Manhattan,” answers the question of how the Second Avenue Subway might have turned out had it been finished 86 years ago in “The 1931 IND Plans,” his exclusive examination of actual SAS blueprints. Then John Pappas compares the new streetcar systems of Cincinnati, Kansas City and Granada in our gorgeously illustrated cover story, “A Tale of Three Cities.” A few extra copies are available for only $20 each, including shipping. More details here

Headlights 2015

Print Edition

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The special 2015 “Traction in Japan” issue of Headlights by John Pappas is still available! It provides a modern day pictorial survey of the surviving streetcar systems of Japan as seen by ERA members during a comprehensive tour in May 2014. With 92 pages of spectacular photography by Mr. Pappas, Ron Yee and Michael Glikin and design by Sandy Campbell, this is the most comprehensive edition of Headlights ever printed and has been met with overwhelming praise from members. A few extra copies are available for only $20 each, including shipping. More details here

Headlights Indexes

1950–1977

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We have added PDFs of every Headlights index from 1950–1977 (1971 was the Toronto book by John Bromley). Thank you John Swindler for your invaluable scanning work! More details here