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IRON HORSE AND THE WINDY CITY, HOW RAILROADS SHAPED CHICAGO
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Young, 2005, NIU Press, 280p, HD.
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With the coming of railroads, upstart Chicago quickly became the Midwest's center for commerce and trade,
overtaking its older rival, St. Louis. The first tracks to link the East coast with the West ran through Chicago,
and within a few decades the city grew to be the hub of an immense transportation network that stretched across the nation.
Short review in Trains magazine, New Products section, Nov.2006.
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