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Accession Number #99-001

Historical Note

Founded in 1934, the Electric Railroaders’ Association, Inc. (ERA) is a non-profit educational organization consisting of people from all walks of life interested in the history and progress of electric railways. Members receive a monthly transit newsletter, The Bulletin, which contains news about New York-area transit, with additional reporting on national and international systems. The New York Division meets monthly at St. John’s University Manhattan Campus at 101 Murray Street in New York City.

       Members receive a bi-yearly magazine, Headlights, dedicated to light rail transit, subways, inter-urbans, electric railroads and other forms of electric transportation. There is a yearly national convention in a North American city that has electric rail operations. If individuals are conducting research, they are welcome to take advantage of the ERA’s extensive collection of electric railway literature and images at its Frank Julian Sprague Memorial Library [Box 3323, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163-3323]. Tours of transit systems throughout the northeastern United States are also sponsored.

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