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Author : Ray Spain Hinshaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Indianapolis and the Early Railroads written by Ray Spain Hinshaw and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard T. Wallis
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253338723
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (387 download)
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Railroad at Bay written by Richard T. Wallis and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-22 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 95 t / £30.50ContentsIntroductionPreludeExecutiveOwnerThe StrikeSystem BuilderIvesThe CrashCaretakerPostlude
Author : Paul R. Wonning
Publisher : Mossy Feet Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Short History of Railroads- Indiana Edition written by Paul R. Wonning and published by Mossy Feet Books. This book was released on with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railroad History Short History of Railroads - Indiana Edition covers the evolution of railroads from the first primitive tramways to the development of the diesel locomotives. Indiana Railroad History Also included in the book is a short history of railroading in Indiana. Historical markers about railroads and other interesting facets of early trains in Indiana provide a fascinating insight into early Indiana railroads. Railroad Museums In addition to a comprehensive list of railroad museums in the United States, a listing of railroad museums and tourist railways in Indiana is also included. Railroad history, railroad museum, train museums, first train robbery, indiana railroad, railroad evolution traction, railray, electric, museums, accidents, first, train, robbery
Author : Jeffrey Darbee
Publisher : Railroads Past and Present
ISBN 13 : 9780253025227
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads written by Jeffrey Darbee and published by Railroads Past and Present. This book was released on 2017 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In an era dominated by huge railroad corporations, Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads reveals the important role two small railroad companies had on development and progress in the Hoosier State. After Indianapolis was founded in 1821, early settlers struggled to move people was only a little over 14 miles. Though small in size, the Union and the Belt had an outsized impact, both on the city's rail network and on the city itself. It played an important role both in maximizing the efficiency and value of the city's railroad freight and passenger services and in helping to shape the urban form of Indianapolis in ways that remain visible today."--Provided by publisher.
Author : Jeffrey Darbee
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253029503
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads written by Jeffrey Darbee and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of how railroads aided in the growth of Indiana and its capital city, featuring maps and illustrations. In an era dominated by huge railroad corporations, Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads reveals the important role two small railroad companies had on development and progress in the Hoosier State. After Indianapolis was founded in 1821, early settlers struggled to move people and goods to and from the city, with no water transport nearby and inadequate road systems around the state. But in 1847, the Madison & Indianapolis Railroad connected the new capital city to the Ohio River and kicked off a railroad and transportation boom. Over the next seven decades, the Indiana railroad map expanded in all directions, and Indianapolis became a rail transport hub, dubbing itself the “Railroad City.” Though the Pennsylvania and the New York Central Railroads traditionally dominated the Midwest and Northeast and operated the majority of rail routes radiating from Indianapolis, these companies could not have succeeded without the two small railroads that connected them. In the downtown area, the Indianapolis Union Railway was less than two miles long, and out at the edge of town the Belt Railroad was only a little over fourteen miles. Though small in size, the Union and the Belt had an outsized impact, both on the city’s rail network and on the city itself. It played an important role both in maximizing the efficiency and value of the city’s railroad freight and passenger services and in helping to shape the urban form of Indianapolis in ways that remain visible today. “A good history book explains why things are the way they are. This is a great history book, neatly telling the value of railroads in the development of the United States as well as in Indianapolis. Footnotes and bibliography combined with maps and ephemera and photos of everything from track construction to buildings to locomotives make it of interest to architects and engineers as well as rail fans and Hoosier history buffs. It’s a super tour guide, too.” —Cynthia L. Ogorek, coauthor of The Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad “An interesting history not only of these two railroads but how they ultimately served as a model for the many other belt railroads . . . [The book discusses] how and why railroads transformed Indianapolis into a major city; in fact, the largest U.S. city not on navigable water.” —Tom Hoback, Owner, Indiana Rail Road Company
Author : Richard S. Simons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Railroads of Indiana written by Richard S. Simons and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the huge amount of interest in railroads, this is the first complete description and history of the railroads of Indiana from the first line, completed in 1838, up to the present. Simons and Parker follow Indiana's railroads through five distinct eras - 1830 to 1860, 1860 to 1900, 1900 to 1930, 1930 to 1960, and 1960 to 1996. The broad themes of Indiana railroad history are sketched within the framework of these periods. In addition, there is a brief synopsis of each railroad system, tracing its corporate and physical growth and evolution. A third section is devoted to commonalities among the various railroads, focusing on services, facilities, personalities, and accidents.
Author : Wylie Johnston Daniels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Village at the End of the Road written by Wylie Johnston Daniels and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William J. Watt
Publisher : Railroads Past and Present
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Railroad in Indiana written by William J. Watt and published by Railroads Past and Present. This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs, advertising and promotional materials, and detailed maps resurrect its speedy passenger trains and heavy-tonnage freights, and show how it earned its slogan: "The Standard Railroad of the World.""--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Elmer Griffith Sulzer
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253334831
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Ghost Railroads of Indiana written by Elmer Griffith Sulzer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the history of railroad closings and their impact on the railroad traffic running from the industrial North and East to the agricultural South and West.
Author : Jefferson County Historical Society of Indiana (Jefferson County, Ind.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (889 download)
Download or read book The "Madison and Indianapolis" written by Jefferson County Historical Society of Indiana (Jefferson County, Ind.) and published by . This book was released on with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Madison, James H.
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0871953633
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (719 download)
Download or read book Hoosiers and the American Story written by Madison, James H. and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A supplemental textbook for middle and high school students, Hoosiers and the American Story provides intimate views of individuals and places in Indiana set within themes from American history. During the frontier days when Americans battled with and exiled native peoples from the East, Indiana was on the leading edge of America’s westward expansion. As waves of immigrants swept across the Appalachians and eastern waterways, Indiana became established as both a crossroads and as a vital part of Middle America. Indiana’s stories illuminate the history of American agriculture, wars, industrialization, ethnic conflicts, technological improvements, political battles, transportation networks, economic shifts, social welfare initiatives, and more. In so doing, they elucidate large national issues so that students can relate personally to the ideas and events that comprise American history. At the same time, the stories shed light on what it means to be a Hoosier, today and in the past.
Author : David E. Longest
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738539584
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (395 download)
Download or read book Railroad Depots of Southern Indiana written by David E. Longest and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that Greene County in Indiana has one of the longest land-crossing railroad trestles in the Midwest? Are you aware that the Southern Railway once used half of the railroad tunnels in the state? Indiana's first railroad, built in Shelbyville, was only a mile long, but in 1847, completion of a major steam railroad from Madison to Indianapolis made the state's capital a center of transportation. Unlike canals, railroads could be built just about anywhere. Southern Indiana's quickly growing network of rail lines was able to haul tons of goods at low cost, and enabled settlers to travel great distances in a single day. Railroad Depots of Southern Indiana takes the reader on a journey through the towns and cities that shape Indiana's railroad lore. Images depict regional rail history from the inner workings of now demolished depots to one of the oldest "short lines" in Indiana. Through more than 200 vintage photographs, author David E. Longest documents locomotives, rail equipment, the moving of stock, depots, rail stations, and freight houses, and finishes with a tour of the rail museums and excursions that still allow tourists and aficionados to "ride the rails."
Author : Craig Sanders
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253342164
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (421 download)
Download or read book Limiteds, Locals, and Expresses in Indiana, 1838-1971 written by Craig Sanders and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003-06-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The passenger train has long held a special place in the imagination of Americans, and Indiana was once a bustling passenger train crossroads. Limiteds, Locals, and Expresses in Indiana, 1838–1971 brings to life the countless locals, accommodation trains, and secondary expresses that Hoosiers patronized during the Golden Age of the passenger train. Craig Sanders gives us a comprehensive history of intercity passenger service in Indiana, from the time railroads began to develop in the state in the mid-19th century through May 1, 1971, when Amtrak began operations. Each chapter summarizes the history and development of one railroad, discusses the factors that shaped that railroad's passenger service—such as prolonged financial difficulties, competition, and the influence of a strong leader—and concludes with a detailed account of its passenger operations in Indiana. Sixteen maps, 87 photographs, and other evocative illustrations supplement Sanders's text.
Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253006333
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Railroads and the American People written by H. Roger Grant and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railroads and the American People is a sparkling paean to American railroading by one of its finest historians.
Author : Albert Livingston Rabb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Indianapolis Street Railway written by Albert Livingston Rabb and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Robeson Holloway
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781022806986
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Indianapolis written by William Robeson Holloway and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1870, this book is a comprehensive history of the city of Indianapolis up to that time. It includes detailed information on the city's economy, social structures, and history. The book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the development of American cities in the 19th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Wylie Johnston Daniels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (794 download)
Download or read book The Village at the End of the Road written by Wylie Johnston Daniels and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
