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Bibliography

The Iron Horse Comes to Illinois, 1835-1860

Grant, H. Roger. "Follow the Flag": A History of the Wabash Railroad Company. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2004.
_______. The North Western: A History of the Chicago & North Western Railway. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1996.
Stover, John F. Iron Road to the West: American Railroads in the 1850's. New York: Columbia University Press, 1978.
Ward, James A. Railroads and the Character of America, 1820-1887. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986.

The Railroad and Community Life

Douglas, George H. All Aboard! The Railroad in American Life. New York: Paragon House, 1992.
Grant, H. Roger and Charles W. Bohi. The Country Railroad Station in America. Boulder. Pruett, 1978.
Stilgoe, John R. Metropolitan Corridor: Railroads and the American Scene. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983.

Chicago: America's Railroad Mecca

Bach, Ira and Susan Wolfson. A Guide to Chicago's Train Stations, Past and Present. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1986.
Cronon, William. Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West. New York: Norton, 1991.
Douglas, George H. Rail City, Chicago. San Diego: Howell-North, 1981.
Young, David M. The Iron Horse and the Windy City: How Railroads Shaped Chicago. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005.

Still Hauling: Today's Railroads in Illinois

Bryant, Jr., Keith L. History of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1982.
Glendinning, Gene V. The Chicago & Alton Railroad: The Only Way. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2002.
Grant, H. Roger. The Corn Belt Route: A History of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1984.
Hayes, William Edward. Iron Road to Empire: The History of 100 Years of the Progress and Achievements of the Rock Island Lines.
      New York: Simmons-Boardman, 1953.
Hofsommer, Don L. The Tootin' Louie: A History of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
Overton, Richard C. Burlington Route: A History of the Burlington Lines. New York: Knopf, 1965.
Stover, John F. A History of the Illinois Central Railroad. New York: Macmillian, 1975.

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