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Title:

Competing rails : the Milwaukee Road's legacy in Evanston and Wilmette : early rail competition on Chicago's North Shore, steam vs. electricity, connecting Evanston and Chicago by rail / edited by Norman Carlson ; research by David Dowden, Hank Morris and LeRoy Blommaert.

Publisher:

Shore Line Interurban Historical Society,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

83 pages : illustrations, maps (chiefly color, some folded), portrait, plans, facsimiles ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Chicago and North Western Railway Company--History.
Street-railroads--Evanston--Evanston--History.
Local transit--Chicago Metropolitan Area--Chicago Metropolitan Area--History.
Evanston (Ill.)--History.
Wilmette (Ill.)--History.
Chicago and North Western Railway Company.
Local transit.
Street-railroads.
Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.
Illinois--Evanston.
Illinois--Wilmette.
History.

Other Authors:

Carlson, Norman. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81133854
Shore Line Interurban Historical Society. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89014676
Dickinson, William, donor. IaU http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87912096

Contents:

Picturesque Evanston 1887 -- Introduction -- Street railway development creates more competition -- All-time railroad maps of the area and Evanston-Wilmette -- North Shore & Western Railway -- Electric lines from north and south.

Series:

Dispatch ; no. 2

OCLC:

(OCoLC)711694745

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)