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Submerged Ambitions (Spring-Summer 2007)

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Why Cairo, Illinois, failed to become a great rail center.

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Authors & Contributors
White, John H., Jr.
Hansen, Peter A.
DeRouin, Edward M.
Kahler, David
Waite, Thornton
Goldfeder, Ron
Journals
Railroad History
Publishers
Self-published by the author
Indiana University Press
Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.
Peter E. Randall Publisher, Lebanon, New Hampshire: Distributed by the University Press of New England, Dartmouth College
MBI Publishing Company
Pixels Publishing
Concepts
Land transportation
Railroads
Photography of railroads
Pictorial works
Locomotives, steam
Railroads, Mining
People
Baldwin, Loammi
Haupt, Herman
Shanly, Walter
Crocker, Alvah
Langdon, Jervis, Jr.
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Places
United States
Michigan (U.S.)
Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Hoosac Tunnel
Missouri River
Promontory Point, Utah
Institutions
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railway Express Agency
Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
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