History of the Illinois Central Railroad
Author: John F. Stover
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 600
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Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 600
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Simon Cordery
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2016-01-20
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 0253019125
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1836, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas agreed on one thing: Illinois needed railroads. Over the next fifty years, the state became the nation's railroad hub, with Chicago at its center. Speculators, greed, growth, and regulation followed as the railroad industry consumed unprecedented amounts of capital and labor. A nationwide market resulted, and the Windy City became the site of opportunities and challenges that remain to this day. In this first-of-its-kind history, full of entertaining anecdotes and colorful characters, Simon Cordery describes the explosive growth of Illinois railroads and its impact on America. Cordery shows how railroading in Illinois influenced railroad financing, the creation of a national economy, and government regulation of business. Cordery's masterful chronicle of rail development in Illinois from 1837 to 2010 reveals how the state's expanding railroads became the foundation of the nation's rail network.
Author: Tom Murray
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Published: 1882
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781610600071
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Published: 1872
Total Pages: 190
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Published: 1873
Total Pages: 470
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Published: 1900
Total Pages: 438
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 598
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Clifford J. Downey
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738566610
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR) operated approximately 600 miles of mainline track throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, stretching from the Mississippi River to the central part of the state. In addition to Louisville, the state's largest city, the ICRR also served dozens of small towns. Kentucky's economy was built around coal mining and farming, and the ICRR played a major role in both industries. ICRR's coal trains served as a conveyor for Kentucky coal moving to Midwest factories, and the road hauled a wide variety of agricultural products, including tobacco, grain, and fresh fruit. No mention of the ICRR would be complete without discussing the fleet of fast passenger trains that whisked Kentucky residents to and from distant cities. To maintain the locomotives that hauled all these trains the ICRR operated one of the nation's largest locomotive repair shops in Paducah.
Author: Jeff Kehoe
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2022-02
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467107751
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →History of the Illinois Midland Railway built in 1914. Later tagged as "The World's Shortest Railroad," it was originally planned to cover 120 miles, but, due to financing, ended up being only 1.962 miles long.