Railroads in the Midwest Jim Leeke Drawing on extensive fieldwork

Drawing on extensive fieldwork

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Railroads in the Midwest Jim Leeke Drawing on extensive fieldworkDiscover how railroad companies in America's heartland developed a monumental network that spanned nearly 70,000 route miles. Over a century, a wide array of carriers ranging from short lines to trunk roads spread through the Midwest and represented over 35% of the country's rail mileage in the 1920s. Railroads in the Midwest is a portrait of two premier rail hub rivals, Chicago and St. Louis, and of Iowa and Ohio, which boasted the highest line