Chicago's Railroads in Transition

Description: Chicago’s Railroads in Transition - The Photography of Lou Gerard Dispatch 10 is about the transformation of Metra and its predecessors. Lou Gerard documents six decades of this transformation. Chicago’s railroads have undergone an incredible transformation since Lou Gerard started taking photographs in 1962. That is where Chicago’s Railroads in Transition - The Photography of Lou Gerard Dispatch 10 starts its photographic story. The Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee and South Shore Line, two of the three Insull interurban railroads, were still running at that time. The CTA was still operating equipment from the 1920s. Rail was the preferred shipping mode. Local freight trains dropped off and picked up railcars in industrial areas in the city and surrounding communities. Six stations were available for passenger train traffic. Over the six decades, Chicago’s railroads have modernized, economized, merged, or simply went out of the business. The Metra, CTA and Amtrak have standardized the commuter and intercity locomotive power and railcars. The freight trains went from mixed freight cars to unit trains. The result is an extensive and relatively modern commuter, rapid transit, and intercity network. Chicago’s Railroads in Transition - The Photography of Lou Gerard Dispatch 10 follows this transformation with over 200 photographs, mostly in color. The Shore Line Interurban Historical Society that published Chicago’s Railroads in Transition - The Photography of Lou Gerard Dispatch 10 is a non-profit organization that publishes a quarterly magazine and dispatches about urban, suburban and Chicago’s interurban passenger rail service in the Chicago Hub region. For more information on this organization or to join visit their website at their website. Chicago’s Railroads in Transition - The Photography of Lou Gerard Dispatch 10 documents the transformation of Metra and its predecessors. If you are a railfan, you will want to add this to your collection. The other dispatches published by the Shore Line Interurban Historical Society are available on this website.

Price: 24.95 USD

Location: Glencoe, Illinois

End Time: 2024-11-21T04:52:34.000Z

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