Faster than the Limiteds Table of Contents

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Preface		3
Table of Contents		4
Acknowledgements		7
About the Authors		8
Family Tree		10
Chapter 1	A Man and His Dreams: Alexander C. Miller and the Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Railroad	12
Chapter 2	The First Division: The Goshen South Bend and Chicago Railroad	36
Chapter 3	Trolleys in the Steel City: The Gary and Interurban Railway Company	66
Chapter 4	From the Vale of Paradise to the Lakes: The Valparaiso and Northern Railway	100
Chapter 5	Out from Gary: The Gary Connecting Railways and the East Chicago Street Railway Company	116
Chapter 6	Merger, Receivership and Failure: The Gary and Interurban Railroad	130
Chapter 7	After the Air Line: The Gary Street Railway Company and the Gary & Valparaiso Railway	146
Chapter 8	South from Gary: The Gary and Southern Traction Company	174
Chapter 9	Interurban to Hobart	188
Chapter 10	Prosperity, Hard Times and Abandonment: Gary Railways	206
Chapter 11	Searching for the Air Line	258
Chronology		271
Bibliography		274
Index		276

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