This month’s Zoom presentation by David Wilson is “Hudson Waterfront Redeemed.” David’s show will trace the redemption, reinvention and rebirth of rail services bringing passengers to, under, and along the Hudson River waterfront following decades of decline. This is our last show of the year, so don’t miss it! Read More
We will post a Zoom Registration button about five days before the meeting.
The Annual Membership Meeting of the ERA was held on Friday, November 4, 2022, at Manducatis Restaurant, located at 13-27 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Jerome Horne, director of transit leadership development at TransitCenter, was our keynote speaker. TransitCenter is a foundation that works to improve public transit in cities across the U.S.
Extra copies of Eric Oszustowicz’s The Elevated Railways of Brooklyn and the BMT Subway, Volume One: 1864-1940 are still available for sale on our Publication Sales page. This incredible 436-page book counted as the 2019 and 2020 issues of Headlights.
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, your friends can join the ERA for 2023 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.
JoinYou can now renew your ERA membership for 2023. Please take a moment to complete our Dues Renewal Form.
ERA greatly appreciates your prompt membership renewals and your donations. It’s our primary source of income and makes possible the monthly programming, Bulletin issues and Headlights magazine that we all count on and enjoy!
RenewThank you very much to those of you who have already made generous contributions to support our programs in 2022. The membership’s response to our fund drive has been outstanding! If you have not already done so, please consider a donation this year to help ERA continue its nearly 90-year record of traction education and entertainment. Our Donation Form makes it much easier to contribute!
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DonateWe’re proud to announce the 2023 ERA Membership Card, photographed in 1990 by Bulletin Editor-in-Chief Jeff Erlitz from his Headlights 2021 article on East German Traction.
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.
The complete set of 2016-2023 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.
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.
