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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marvel, Bill, 1938- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Series:Railroads past and present.
Subjects:
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- ) > History.
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- )
Railroads > United States > History.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Railroads
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The bridge, 1845-1869
  • A bend in the road, 1869-1900
  • A rocky road, 1901-1933
  • Planned progress, 1933-1955
  • The road to ride : passenger services
  • The road to ruin, 1955-1980.

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