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The Rock Island Line /
This 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 set...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Railroads past and present.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (page 163) index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253011312 0253011310 |