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Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway by Sadowski (2025, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherArcadia Publishing

ISBN-10146716254X

ISBN-139781467162548

eBay Product ID (ePID)12078189419

Product Key Features

Book TitleChicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2025

TopicRailroads / History, Railroads / Pictorial, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)

GenreTransportation, History

AuthorSadowski

Book SeriesImages of Rail Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight5 oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

SynopsisThe Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway (CA&E) ran electric passenger and freight service from 1902 until 1959. Although classed as an interurban, it was a hybrid of rapid transit and commuter rail. CA&E trains ran to downtown Chicago via the Metropolitan West Side "L," ending at the Well Street Terminal. This was a high-tech endeavor funded by industrialists from Cleveland, Ohio, who wanted to open Chicago's western suburbs for development. The result was a high-speed operation, built to steam road standards, with an electrified third rail powering the trains. It thrived until World War I, was modernized in the Roaring Twenties, weathered the Great Depression, and did its duty during World War II. A privately owned railroad, without subsidies, the CA&E began losing money in the 1950s due to highway construction that stopped it from running into Chicago. Efforts to save the railroad failed, and passenger service ended in 1957, with freight following two years later. David Sadowski is the author of Chicago Trolleys, Building Chicago's Subways, Chicago's Lost "L"s, and The North Shore Line and runs the online Trolley Dodger blog. Photographs shown are from the author's extensive collections and archival sources such as the Chicago History Museum, Forest Park Historical Society, and Lake States Railway Historical Association.