Michael Kelly 360 pages hardcover
This volume covers from the Rock Island/I-80 corridor north to the Wisconsin border, and
from the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan. This includes a high-level
history of each major railroad back from the 1800s to their mergers
leading to the present day, then divide the region into seven chapters,
plus the customary section on depots & towers.
The book includes over 1000 all-color photographs from the following
railroads: ATSF, B&O, C&EI, C&NW, CB&Q/BN, CC&P,
CGW, EJ&E, Erie Lackawanna, GM&O, Illinois Central/ICG,
Milwaukee Road, Monon, NYC, N&W, North Shore Line, PRR, PC/Conrail,
Rock Island, Soo Line, South Shore Line, Wabash, and Amtrak.
