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The Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway

The Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway - Paperback

by David Sadowski
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Availability:In StockContributor:David SadowskiSeries:Images of RailPublish date:7/8/2025Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)ISBN-13:9781467162548ISBN-10:146716254XUPC:9781467162548Book Category:History, TransportationBook Subcategory:United States, RailroadsBook Topic:State & Local, History, PictorialProduct ID:SCXASF9S1G

The Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway

The Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway (CA&E) ran electric passenger and freight service from 1902 until 1959. Although classed as an interurban, it was a hybrid of rapid transit and commuter rail. CA&E trains ran to downtown Chicago via the Metropolitan West Side "L," ending at the Well Street Terminal. This was a high-tech endeavor funded by industrialists from Cleveland, Ohio, who...

Series: Images of Rail
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)ISBN-13:9781467162548ISBN-10:146716254XUPC:9781467162548Book Category:History, TransportationBook Subcategory:United States, RailroadsBook Topic:State & Local, History, PictorialProduct ID:SCXASF9S1G

David Sadowski is the author of Chicago Trolleys, Building Chicago's Subways, Chicago's Lost "L"s, and The North Shore Line and runs the online Trolley Dodger blog. Photographs shown are from the author's extensive collections and archival sources such as the Chicago History Museum, Forest Park Historical Society, and Lake States Railway Historical Association.


Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)

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