Headlights Staff

Editor & Art Director

Sandy Campbell (ERA 5228)

Associate Editors

Raymond R. Berger (ERA 2298
Frank S. Miklos (ERA 2752)
John Pappas (ERA 6777)

Contributors

Current Issues

Andrew Grahl
Trevor Logan
Frank Pfuhler
Edward Ridolph
John Stern
William Volkmer
Alan Weeks

Recent Issues

Jeff Erlitz
Michael Glikin
James N. J. Henwood
John Linden
Jimmy Mattina
Tom McAnaney
Raymond J. Mercado
Bob Penisi
Steve Siegerist
William Vigras

Production

Printing

Fulton Press of Elizabethtown, Pa. has been printing Headlights for over 15 years. They are full-service printers with state-of-the-art press equipment, including direct-to-plate technology that eliminates the need for film negatives.

Mailing

For nearly two decades, Calloway Network, now known as the Standard Group, has mailed Headlights to our members all over the world from their plant in Lancaster, Pa. They are fast, reliable and economical.

Ed Ridolph

Author

Ed Ridolph is the author of “Rails to Rubber to Rails Again,” a massive overview of the decline and renaissance of U.S. and Canadian trolleys since the end of World War II, now appearing as four parts in Headlights. Being retired gives Ed more time to visit and research trolley systems, which he’s been doing “about as long as I’ve been photographing them (since 1957) and collecting material on them.” Ed enjoys writing about different trolley systems in the U.S. and Canada. His articles have appeared in various publications (Headlights, NRHS, etc.) and he has written several books. Harold Cox published his treatise on the Miami trolley systems (Biscayne Bay Trolleys: Street Railways of the Miami Area) a while back, and Morning Sun published Southern States Trolleys in Color, Ohio Valley Trolleys in Color and Iowa Trolleys in Color over the last five years or so.

Clive Foss

Professor

Clive Foss teaches the history of dictatorship at Georgetown University, a subject that takes him to many unusual places where he always enjoys finding streetcars. He has been a tram fan since his childhood in London, and grew up in southern California where he has fond memories of the Los Angeles and Pacific Electric lines. He has contributed articles to Headlights about streetcars in Cuba, China, North Korea and Argentina, and about Cuba in Railfan & Railroad magazine.

John Stern

Author & Photographer

John Stern’s transit images form the backbone of the Sprague Library photography collection. They span a unique period in American transit history from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. We try to find an excuse to include at least one historic John Stern image in every issue of Headlights, digitally remastered from his original large-format black and white negatives. (See our slideshow from John Stern’s “Portland Dreams,” Headlights, July–December 1999, page 21.) John Stern is currently a consultant on the faculty of the Aesthetic Realism Foundation and is the author of “Grand Central Terminal: A Study in Beauty and Meaning.” “The New York City Subway: A Century” (PDF) is an illustrated transcript of John Stern’s talk from 2004 (updated October 2008).

Stephen J. Parascandolo

Author & Photographer (Deceased)

Stephen Parascandolo was the webmaster of Croydon Tramlink, The Unofficial Site, which he started as a schoolboy. A signalling engineer by profession, his text and photos made the July–December 2002 Croydon Tramlink issue of Headlights possible. He was tragically killed in a head-on collision on February 7, 2007 at he age of 26. In recognition of his contributions to the Croydon Tramlink, tram 2535 was officially named “Stephen Parascandolo” by Roger Harding, general manager of Tramlink. [More]

Trevor Logan Jr.

Photographer

Trevor Logan is the webmaster of TransiTALK. He is currently a Marketing Manager & Part-Time Bus Operator for Eagleways New York. Trevor’s superb transit photographs were first featured in Headlights in the article “San Diego Trolley Today” (July–December 2004, pages 36). His work has appeared in every new issue since then.

Chris Slaight

Photographer

Chris Slaight’s exciting photos of the Las Vegas Monorail on Transitpics helped round out “Viva Las Vegas” in the January–June 2003 issue of Headlights. Chris says he’s tired of transit photography; let’s hope he changes his mind!

Allen Morrison

Author

Alan Morrison is an expert in South American traction and has consulted on numerous articles in Headlights. His book, Latin America by Streetcar, was featured in the January–March 1997 issue (pages 6–7). His website, Electric Transport in Latin America, Past & Present, features several articles including The Tramways of Cuba, a web sequel to one of his books, The Tramways of Brazil (Bonde Press, 1989).

John Smatlak

Author

John Smatlak, an historic trolley preservation consultant, is publisher of the website Railway Preservation Resources. He provided up-to-date news and photos for “San Pedro Gets the Red Out,” Headlights, January–June 2001 (pages 4-5).

Rochelle Weber

Transit Artist

Rochelle Weber is an artist who paints NYC subway station tile mosaics. Paintings from her website were featured in “Rochelle Weber’s New York,” in the January–June 1999 issue of Headlights, pages 36-37.