C-Span Aired 2 Rail History Shows Recently

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Chaz

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C-Span 3 recently re-aired 2 rail history shows

1.) Book Discussion on Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America

Richard White presented a history of the operation of the transcontinental railroads. 

From June 20 but taped in 2011 -- he focuses not on the building of the transcontinentals but the aftermath.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?300423-1/richard-white-railroaded-transcontinentals-making-modern-america

2,)Passenger Rail in the Mid-1900s

Professor Joseph Schwieterman talked about the evolution of the nation’s reliance on railroads and passenger trains

http://www.c-span.org/video/?324218-1/discussion-passenger-rail-mid1900s

From June 14 but taped in Feb '15. A classroom lecture at DePaul. He focuses how on how small towns like Avery Montana & Reed City Mi were affected by passenger train-offs. The 2nd half focuses on how Chicago was affected.

He published a book in 2004

When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment--Western U.S.
http://www.amazon.com/When-Railroad-Leaves-Town-Abandonment-Western/dp/1931112142

His Chicago efforts are archived at http://terminaltown.org/

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