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The Chicago & Alton Railroad : the only way / Gene V. Glendinning.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glendinning, Gene V.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chicago and Alton Railroad Company--History.
- Chicago and Alton Railroad Company.
- Railroads--Illinois--History.
- Railroads.
- History.
- Illinois.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 274 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm
- Other Title:
- Chicago and Alton Railroad
- Place of Publication:
- DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- 1 The State Sets Its Course 3
- 2 A Railroad Emerges from the Prairie 8
- 3 Deception and Default 25
- 4 The Courts Decide the Future 46
- 5 From Calamity to Prosperity 58
- 6 The Triangle Is Closed 87
- 7 Defeat at Kansas City, Decline at Braidwood 113
- 8 The Harriman Era 129
- 9 The Hawley and Union Pacific Takeovers 157
- 10 The Long-Anticipated Receivership Arrives 182
- 11 The B&O and the War Years 204.
- Notes:
- Map on lining papers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0875802877
- OCLC:
- 48056027
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