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More Info Sunset Lines, Story of the Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railroad
Volume 1 of a 3 volume set. 1- Trackage. History of a railroad that offered fast electric cars for over five decades in the area west of Chicago. Started as mixed service interurban and evolved into a major commuter service.
b&w photographs, maps, index.
book : hardcover, dust jacket


1986
2007.034.151 Library TF725.C42P56 1986
More Info Longest Interurban Charter, The
Documentation/recreation of a 1910 railroad 'business' trip that went over approx. 28 different interurban lines in six different states. The business men from Utica, New York, visited virtually every major city in the six-state area that was an important junction point in the interurban network.
First Printing.
b&w photographs,bibliography, index.
book : softcover


1988
2007.034.174 Library E168.P68 1988
More Info Story of the Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railroad, Vol 2, History
One of the 3 major "Insull Interurbans" operating out of Chicago. 2nd in a 3 part series. It concentrates on company history starting with the early Fox Valley streetcar lines in 1890 and continues to track removal in 1962 and 1963.
b&w photographs, index.
book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover


1989
2007.034.199 Library TF725.C42P56 1986
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