History of the Illinois Central Railroad
Author: John F. Stover
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 600
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Author: John F. Stover
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 600
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tom Murray
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Published: 1882
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781610600071
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: H. Roger Grant
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2019-10-15
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1501747797
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Follow the Flag" offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital interregional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved the efforts of strong-willed and creative leaders, but this book provides more than traditional business history. Noted transportation historian H. Roger Grant captures the human side of the Wabash, ranging from the medical doctors who created an effective hospital department to the worker-sponsored social events. And Grant has not ignored the impact the Wabash had on businesses and communities in the "Heart of America." Like most major American carriers, the Wabash grew out of an assortment of small firms, including the first railroad to operate in Illinois, the Northern Cross. Thanks in part to the genius of financier Jay Gould, by the early 1880s what was then known as the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway reached the principal gateways of Chicago, Des Moines, Detroit, Kansas City, and St. Louis. In the 1890s, the Wabash gained access to Buffalo and direct connections to Boston and New York City. One extension, spearheaded by Gould's eldest son, George, fizzled. In 1904 entry into Pittsburgh caused financial turmoil, ultimately throwing the Wabash into receivership. A subsequent reorganization allowed the Wabash to become an important carrier during the go-go years of the 1920s and permitted the company to take control of a strategic "bridge" property, the Ann Arbor Railroad. The Great Depression forced the company into another receivership, but an effective reorganization during the early days of World War II gave rise to a generally robust road. Its famed Blue Bird streamliner, introduced in 1950 between Chicago and St. Louis, became a widely recognized symbol of the "New Wabash." When "merger madness" swept the railroad industry in the 1960s, the Wabash, along with the Nickel Plate Road, joined the prosperous Norfolk & Western Railway, a merger that worked well for all three carriers. Immortalized in the popular folk song "Wabash Cannonball," the midwestern railroad has left important legacies. Today, forty years after becoming a "fallen flag" carrier, key components of the former Wabash remain busy rail arteries and terminals, attesting to its historic value to American transportation.
Author: Glennette Tilley Turner
Publisher: Newman Educational Publishing Company
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780938990055
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe activities of the Underground Railroad, and the Abolitionist Movement in Illinois are documented by the author in this meticulously researched book.
Author: William Thomas Stead
Publisher: Chicago : Laird & Lee
Published: 1894
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Betty Lou Mitchell
Publisher: G. Bradley Publishing
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles A. Duckworth
Publisher: Missouri-Pacific Historical Society
Published: 2020-07
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ISBN-13: 9781681842769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Dyrek
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467106054
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the mid-1800s to the early 1960s, the most integral place for Central Illinois communities was the train depot. These buildings, home to wooden benches, telegraph equipment, and old train schedules hanging on the wall, were the gateway to the rest of the world. One could catch a train to almost anywhere in the United States back in the day, but during the postwar years of America, the railroad depot faded into history. Decreased train ridership due to the increasing popularity of air travel and automobiles led to thousands of these once-important buildings closing and later being burned or torn down. From larger union depots in cities like Bloomington and Peoria to smaller isolated stops, Central Illinois Train Depots tells the story of buildings that once played vital roles in the development of communities throughout Central Illinois.
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2001-11-06
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780743203173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Author: Robert Joseph Casey
Publisher: Robert Joseph Casey
Published: 1948
Total Pages: 368
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPioneer railroad the story of the Chicago and North Western System.