Chicago: America's Railroad Capital: The Illustrated History, 1836 to Today

by John Gruber, Chris Guss, Michael W. Blaszak, et al.

The first illustrated history of the people, machines, facilities, and operations that made Chicago the hub around which an entire continent's rail industry still revolves. In the mid-nineteenth century, Chicago's central location in the expanding nation helped establish it as the capital of the still-new North American railroad industry. As the United States expanded westward, new railroads and rail-related companies like Pullman established their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760346038
• ISBN13: 9780760346037
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 2.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 11.1"