Book ID: CBB836629611

Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads (2017)

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Darbee, Jeffrey (Author)


Indiana University Press


Publication Date: 2017
Edition Details: Book Series: Railroads past and present
Physical Details: xii, 230 pages : illustrations, maps, bibliography, index
Language: English

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 was only a little over 14 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. (Publisher)

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Authors & Contributors
Solomon, Brian
Hansen, Peter A.
Jonathan English
Peter Tip
Welsh, Joe
Goldfeder, Ron
Concepts
Land transportation
Railroads
Locomotives, steam
Business history
Passenger trains
High speed trains
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Westchester County (N.Y.)
Taunton, Mass.
Western states (U.S.)
Midwestern states (U.S.)
New York (U.S.)
Institutions
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Locomotive Company (Alco)
Amtrak
Railroad and Locomotive Historical Society
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company
New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
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