Please specify in the comment box in the link which book(s), Eastern or Western U.S., you would like to order. You can also mail a check payable to 'Chaddick Institute' to Chaddick Institute, DePaul University, 14 E. Here for the purchase link for credit card payments. Emendations and amplifications.Īdvertised special! $8 postpaid (regular price $24.95). This book is 376 pages including a comprehensive index. Illustrated with maps and photographs depicting rail lines at their zenith as well as their abandoned remnants today, it provides a vivid portrait of an industrial saga that has touched the lives of millions of Americans. Using an interdisciplinary approach drawing upon the fields of history, geography, and urban planning, the book illuminates some of the dominant forces that led to the development of steam and electric railroads as well as the economic and political factors eventually accelerating their decline.

In many communities, the withdrawal of the railroad had unexpected consequences in others, it forever altered the rhythm of daily life. It tells the story of transportation providers struggling to survive in a changing economy only to surrender to the relentless forces of the marketplace. distinguished by their notable railroad histories or unusual experiences with railroad abandonment. 'When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment' considers the rise and fall of rail service in 64 communities in the eastern half of the U.S. The nation’s railroads have eliminated more than 130,000 miles of routes-over half of their total mileage-since 1916. They were the backbone of the municipal economy and essential to commercial and civic life in thousands of communities, however this remarkable era has ended. Railroads once spread across the American landscape, radiating from towns like spokes on a wheel. I: 'American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment: Eastern United States' Email for ordering details or link to purchase. Terminal Town COVID-19 Special! $12 postpaid, regularly $27.95. Showcasing great icons of transportation, including Chicago’s Union Station, Dearborn Station, and Midway and O’Hare airports, as well as lesser-known and long-gone terminals throughout the metropolitan region, this book illustrates why the Windy City so richly deserves its reputation as America’s premier travel hub.įeaturing 48 stations and terminals through short narrative, 215 color photographs, and 20 custom maps, Terminal Town provides a fascinating portrait of the city’s famously complex and constantly changing transportation system. These have, for generations, served as defining features of the city’s cosmopolitan character. But how do they get to Chicago? Terminal Town answers this question with a fast-moving history of Chicago’s many passenger transportation terminals.

Terminal Town by Joseph P. Schwieterman