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OverviewPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Indiana Railroad (IR) was the last of the typical Midwestern United States interurban lines. It was formed in 1930 by combining the operations of the five major interurban systems in central Indiana into one entity. The predecessor companies had all previously come under the control of Midland Utilities, owned by Samuel Insull. It was Insull's plan to consolidate the Indiana interurban network, modernizing the profitable routes and abandoning the unprofitable ones. With the onset of the Great Depression, the Insull empire collapsed and the Indiana Railroad was left with a decaying infrastructure and little hope for overcoming the competition of the automobile. During the 1930s the Indiana Railroad's lines were all abandoned one by one until a fatal wreck in 1941 put an end to the last operation of interurbans in Indiana. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nuadha TrevPublisher: Lect Publishing Imprint: Lect Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.186kg ISBN: 9786200268532ISBN 10: 6200268533 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 09 January 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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