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The Rock Island Line /
This richly illustrated volume tells the story of a legendary railroad whose tracks spanned the Midwest, serving farms and small-town America for more than 140 years. One of the earliest railroads to build westward from Chicago, it was the first to span the Mississippi, advancing the frontier, bring...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2013
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-163) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction & acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The bridge -- Chapter 2. A bend in the road -- Chapter 3. A rocky road -- Chapter 4. Planned progress -- Chapter 5. The road to ride -- Chapter 6. The road to ruin -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Resources -- Index. | |
| 506 | |a Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. | ||
| 520 | |a This richly illustrated volume tells the story of a legendary railroad whose tracks spanned the Midwest, serving farms and small-town America for more than 140 years. One of the earliest railroads to build westward from Chicago, it was the first to span the Mississippi, advancing the frontier, bringing settlers into the West, and hauling their crops to market. Rock Island's celebrated Rocket passenger trains also set a standard for speed and service, with suburban runs as familiar to Windy City commuters as the Loop. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 610 | 2 | 0 | |a Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- ) |x History. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Railroads past and present. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Railroads |z United States |x History. | |
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| 945 | |a Project MUSE - 2013 US Regional Studies, Midwest | ||
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