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Interurban Press
Interurban Press was a small, privately owned American publishing company, specializing in books about streetcars, other forms of rail transit and railroads in North America, from 1943〔MacDougall, Kent (May 19, 1983). "Books Ring Bell With Devotees: Publisher Specializes in History of Trolleys". ''Los Angeles Times'', p. 1.〕 until 1993.〔Ryll, Thomas (November 29, 1994). "Felida man tracks light rail" (profile of retired Interurban Press owner Mac Sebree). ''The Columbian'', p. A3.〕 It was based in the Los Angeles area, and specifically in Glendale, California after 1976.〔 Although its primary focus was on books, it also published three magazines starting in the 1980s, along with videos and calendars. At its peak, the company employed 10 people〔 and generated about $2 million in business annually.〔
==Origins==
Originally named Interurbans, the company developed out of a mimeographed newsletter first distributed by its founder, Ira L. Swett, in 1943.〔 The ''Interurbans News Letter'' was for electric railway enthusiasts and anyone interested in streetcars/trolleys〔The terms "streetcar" and "trolley" are effectively synonyms in most parts of the United States, a fact noted in the following book: ''Veteran & Vintage Transit'' by Andrew D. Young (1997). (ISBN 0-9647279-2-7). St. Louis: Archway Publishing.〕 or electric interurbans as a hobby. Swett initially wrote the newsletter while stationed at Fort MacArthur as a U.S. Army Private First Class,〔 and the earliest editions were intended to pass along news about streetcars and interurban railways in the U.S. to American railfans stationed overseas during World War II.〔〔Demoro, Harry W. (Ira L. Swett ) The Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved December 26, 2012.〕 Many of his readers became volunteer correspondents, sending news of electric-transit developments in their locales for inclusion in the newsletter. Swett also began publishing books—which he called Interurbans "Specials"—on the history of a particular streetcar system or related topic. The first, in 1944, was ''The “Big Subs”''〔(The First 100 Specials ) of Interurbans. The Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved December 26, 2012.〕
(big suburban cars), about a group of interurban cars used on a line between San Francisco and San Mateo from 1907 until 1923. He discontinued the newsletter in December 1948, concentrating thereafter on researching and writing books, which he still called "Specials".〔〔 Streetcar systems were being abandoned in cities all around North America at that time and over the following two decades, heightening trolley fans' interest in recording systems' histories.〔 Swett wrote about 50 books himself,〔 but he also edited and published manuscripts written by others. The first non-electric railway book published by Interurbans was ''Seattle Trolley Coaches'', in 1971,〔 and the company later published other books about trolley buses, but most of its titles were about electric rail lines or other types of rail transportation.〔
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