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The Routledge historical atlas of the American railroads  Cover Image Book Book

The Routledge historical atlas of the American railroads / John F. Stover ; Mark C. Carnes, series editor.

Stover, John F. (Author).

Summary:

Presents an overview of the lines and people of the American railroads.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0415921341
  • ISBN: 0415921406 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 144 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits charts ; 27 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Routledge, 1999.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Target Audience Note:
7-A.
Subject: Railroads > United States > History.
Railroads > United States > History > Maps.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jackson Co PL - Seymour Main Library LOCAL HISTORY 385 US ATLAS 1800-2000 (Text) 37500001669395 Local History Available -
Noble Co PL - Central (Albion) 385 STO (Text) 38131002577830 NCPLC-Non-fiction Available -
Porter County PL - Valparaiso Public Library 385 STO (Text) 33410005389145 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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Foreword 8(2)
Time and Distance---Travel in 1800
10(2)
American Railroads in the Early 1830s
12(2)
Some Problems Solved
14(2)
A Broken Skein of Lines
16(2)
The Travels of Abe Lincoln, 1849 and 1861
18(2)
Major Developments in the 1850s
20(2)
Western Commercial Traffic Changes Direction
22(2)
The Speed of Travel in 1860
24(2)
Gauge Difference in 1860
26(2)
Railroads and the Civil War
28(4)
Federal Land Grants for Railroads
32(2)
Railroads to the Pacific
34(2)
Postwar Construction
36(2)
Troubles in the 1870s
38(2)
A Decade of Record Railroad Building
40(4)
God's Time Became Vanderbilt's Time
44(2)
The Grange and the Railroads
46(2)
The 1890s
48(2)
Major Rail Combinations in the 1900s
50(2)
1916: A Record Year
52(4)
Competition for the Railroad
56(2)
Streamliners in the 1930s
58(2)
Another War Won
60(2)
American Railroads in 1950
62(2)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
64(2)
Pennsylvania Railroad
66(2)
New York Central Railroad
68(2)
Erie Railroad
70(2)
Southern Railway
72(2)
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
74(2)
Illinois Central Railroad
76(2)
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
78(2)
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
80(2)
Chesapeake & Ohio
82(2)
Norfolk & Western
84(2)
Union Pacific
86(2)
Southern Pacific
88(2)
Santa Fe
90(2)
Northern Pacific
92(2)
Great Northern
94(2)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
96(2)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
98(2)
Chicago & North Western
100(2)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
102(2)
New York, New Haven & Hartford
104(2)
Missouri Pacific
106(2)
Gulf, Mobile & Obio
108(2)
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
110(2)
Denver & Rio Grande Western
112(2)
New York, Chicago & St. Louis
114(2)
Midcentury Problems
116(4)
Amtrak and Conrail, Courtesy of Uncle Sam
120(4)
The Staggers Rail Act of 1980
124(2)
Railroads in the 1990s
126(4)
Chronology 130(4)
Further Reading 134(4)
Index 138(6)
Acknowledgments 144


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