South Shore: The Last Interurban : Revised Second Edition (Railroads Past and Present)

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Here is the new expanded edition of William D. Middletons much-admired book on the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad. In more than 250 photographs maps and schematic drawings the rising and sinking fortunes of this technological triumph are chronicled from the first decade of the 20th century to the present day. Using the same technology that produced the electric street railway the interurbans helped bridge the gap between the horse-and-buggy era in rural America to the modern age of paved highways and family automobiles. The Chicago South Shore Line is unique among the nearly 10 000 lines operating at the end of World War I not because it didnt suffer the same triumphs and tragedies but because it is the only one to have survived. It still provides electric transportation over precisely the same route it has served since the first decade of the 20th century. South Shore: The Last Interurban is essential reading for all those interested in rapid transit railroads railroad history and the impact of Americas last interurban.