Join Us For A Virtual History Program With Speaker Extraordinaire Stuart Swiedler

Sunday, November 7 from 2:00-3:30 PM

Ralph Demoro Photo, Courtesy John Harder

Stuart Swiedler will present a talk entitled “The Evolution of Interurban and Commuter Rail Travel in the Bay Area.” Dr. Swiedler, a physician-scientist by training, created the East Bay Hills Project in 2009, providing presentations and an online resource, Eastbayhillsproject.org, that uses aerial photographs and images taken by railroad fans to document the history of the East Bay and its connections to the Central Valley in the 20th century. The presentation will follow the competition in the private sector to expand rail transportation opportunities using electric trains in the Bay Area in the early 20th century, the decline in rail service starting in the mid-20th century, to the eventual takeover by governmental agencies to provide what exists today. (Ralph Demoro Photo, Courtesy John Harder)

Register for this program at https://tinyurl.com/swiedler-nov7

If you have difficulty registering, please send an email to lafayette.history@comcast.net

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