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Author | : Christopher Rund |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0253346924 |
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"Christopher Rund chronicles the development of the Indiana Rail Road Company from its origins of part of America's first land grant railroad - the Illinois Central - through the political and financial juggling required by entrepreneur Tom Hoback to purhcase the line when it fell into disrepair. The company was reborn as a robust, profitable carrier and has become a new model for America's regional railroads."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Christopher Rund |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2011-11-28 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0253356954 |
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The Indiana Rail Road Company is a story of extraordinary success among the scores of independent short line and regional railroads spawned in the wake of railroad deregulation. Christopher Rund chronicles the development of the company from its origins as part of America's first land grant railroad, the Illinois Central, through the political and financial juggling required by entrepreneur Tom Hoback to purchase the line when it fell into disrepair. Reborn as a robust, profitable carrier, the INRD has become a model for the new American regional railroad. This revised edition, with a new foreword by acclaimed author Fred Frailey and four new chapters, brings readers up to date on Tom Hoback's amazing railroad adventure.
Author | : Jeffrey Darbee |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2017-08-21 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0253029503 |
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A comprehensive history of how railroads aided in the growth of Indiana and its capital city, featuring maps and illustrations. In an era dominated by huge railroad corporations, Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads reveals the important role two small railroad companies had on development and progress in the Hoosier State. After Indianapolis was founded in 1821, early settlers struggled to move people and goods to and from the city, with no water transport nearby and inadequate road systems around the state. But in 1847, the Madison & Indianapolis Railroad connected the new capital city to the Ohio River and kicked off a railroad and transportation boom. Over the next seven decades, the Indiana railroad map expanded in all directions, and Indianapolis became a rail transport hub, dubbing itself the “Railroad City.” Though the Pennsylvania and the New York Central Railroads traditionally dominated the Midwest and Northeast and operated the majority of rail routes radiating from Indianapolis, these companies could not have succeeded without the two small railroads that connected them. In the downtown area, the Indianapolis Union Railway was less than two miles long, and out at the edge of town the Belt Railroad was only a little over fourteen miles. Though small in size, the Union and the Belt had an outsized impact, both on the city’s rail network and on the city itself. It played an important role both in maximizing the efficiency and value of the city’s railroad freight and passenger services and in helping to shape the urban form of Indianapolis in ways that remain visible today. “A good history book explains why things are the way they are. This is a great history book, neatly telling the value of railroads in the development of the United States as well as in Indianapolis. Footnotes and bibliography combined with maps and ephemera and photos of everything from track construction to buildings to locomotives make it of interest to architects and engineers as well as rail fans and Hoosier history buffs. It’s a super tour guide, too.” —Cynthia L. Ogorek, coauthor of The Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad “An interesting history not only of these two railroads but how they ultimately served as a model for the many other belt railroads . . . [The book discusses] how and why railroads transformed Indianapolis into a major city; in fact, the largest U.S. city not on navigable water.” —Tom Hoback, Owner, Indiana Rail Road Company
Author | : George Krambles |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1850 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Railroad Commission of Indiana |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
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Author | : Northern Indiana Railroad Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1851 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Steubenville and Indiana Rail Road Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1848 |
Genre | : Railroad companies |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1851 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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