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Rock Island Requiem
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: Gregory L. Schneider
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-05 - Publisher: University Press of Kansas

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Celebrated in history and song, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company—the Rock Island Line—was a powerful Midwestern railroad that once trav
A Mighty Fine Road
Language: en
Pages: 348
Authors: H. Roger Grant
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-06 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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“Grant has once again hit a home run . . . a detailed but readable history of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, a major Midwestern railroad.” —Carlos
Rock Island Railroad in Arkansas
Language: en
Pages: 199
Authors: Michael E. Hibblen
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-03 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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For nearly 80 years, the Rock Island was a major railroad in Arkansas providing passenger and freight services. A decline in rail travel after World War II and
Tucumcari Tonite!
Language: en
Pages: 230
Authors: David H. Stratton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-04-01 - Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

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Tucumcari, New Mexico, was founded in 1901 by the Rock Island Railroad and soon had major railroad lines converging there from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Memphis
Railroaders without Borders
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: H. Roger Grant
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-22 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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For over 25 years, the creatively led Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) has rejuvenated a series of down-and-out and even defunct railroads. Launched in 19