George Woodman Hilton (January 18, 1925 – August 4, 2014) was a United States historian and economist, who specialized in social history, transportation economics, regulation by commission, the history of economic thought and labor history. Early life and education Born in Chicago, Hilton attended Dartmouth College and earned his BA in Economics summa cum laude in 1946. He obtained his MA in 1950. Hilton attended the London School of Economics in 1953–1955, and obtained his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1956. Career He then taught for many years at the University of California, Los Angeles, and was later a Professor Emeritus of Economics at UCLA. He served as the Acting Curator of Rail Transportation at the Smithsonian Institution from July 1968 through June 1969. He died of heart disease in 2014, aged 89. Publications Books Hilton, G. W. (1954) Cable railways of Chicago, Electric Railway Historical Society. Hilton, G. W. (1960) The truck system including a history of the British truck acts 1465–1960 Hilton, G. W. (1963) The Ma and Pa: A History of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad. Howell-North Books (Second edition, 1980; revised, 1999, The Johns Hopkins University Press) Hilton, G. W. (1964) The Staten Island Ferry, Howell-North Books, First edition. Hilton, G. W. (1968) The Night Boat, Howell-North Books, First edition. Hilton, G. W. (1969) The Transportation Act of 1958: A decade of experience, Indiana University Press, First edition. Hilton, G. W. (1971) The Cable Car in America (Revised edition, 1982) Hilton, G. W. (1974) Federal Transit Subsidies: The Urban Mass Transportation Assistance Program. (AEI) Hilton, G. W. (1975) The Northeast railroad problem (AEI)] Pdf. Hilton, G. W.; Jobe, Joseph and Plummer, Russell (1976) The illustrated history of paddle steamers Two Continents Publishing Group. Hilton, G. W. (1976) "What did we give wp with the big red cars?" (article) Hilton, G. W. (1987) Monon Route, Howell-North. Hilton, G. W. (1995) The annotated baseball stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914–1919 Stanford University Press, First edition. Hilton, G. W. (1995) Eastland: legacy of the Titanic Stanford University Press. Hilton, G. W. (1997) Nellie Farren, Sir Arthur Sullivan Society. Hilton, G. W. (2002) Lake Michigan passenger steamers, Stanford University Press. Hilton, G. W. (2002) editor, The Front Page: From Theater to Reality, Hanover: Smith and Kraus, Inc. Selected chapters and journal articles Articles and comments Published in Trains Magazine, 1945–1993: Pere Marquette, August 1945 issue, pages 7–21 Tennessee