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[1][3] until 1993.
Swett also began publishing books—which he called Interurbans "Specials"—on the history of a particular streetcar system or related topic.
[8][9] While keeping its main focus on electric urban transit, the company widened its range to include books about steam trains and non-passenger rail subjects.
In 1981, Interurban acquired the sales rights to the railroad and Western American titles of Trans-Anglo Books, another Glendale-based small-press publisher.
[1] During the 1980s the company also added railfan-oriented videos and calendars to its product line, the former being sold under the brand name "Interurban Films".
(Before VHS video-cassette players became commonly in use, Interurban Press had offered a small number of films in Regular-8 or Super 8 format.)