| 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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