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Railroad History
Railroad Symposium
In 2001, 2003 and 2005, the Midwest Railroad Research Center of the Indiana Historical Society hosted a biennial series of symposia on railroad history sponsored by The Indiana Rail Road Co. The following essays were presented by their authors at these events, and have been made available for download.
The Fight for Survival: The Cincinnati & Lake Erie and the Great Depression by Jack Keenan
Interstate Public Service—Your Neighborhood Interurban by Jerry Marlette
Moonlight in Duneland: Marketing the South Shore Line in the 1920s by Stephen McShane
Reflections On The Interurban Era by William Middleton
The Economic and Social Impact of the Electric Interurban Railways on Indianapolis by George M. Smerk
Interurban Railroaders and Changing Work Conditions on the South Shore Line, 1908–1938 by Martin Tuohy
A Tale of Three Cities: The Union Stations of Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati by Jeffrey T. Darbee
The History of Union Station by James R. Hetherington
On the Wings of the Zephyr: The Rise and Fall of America’s High-Speed Streamliners, 1934–1960 by Mark Reutter
The Future of High-Speed Rail Travel by George M. Smerk
Abraham Lincoln as a Railroad Attorney by James W. Ely Jr.
Lincoln and the Rock Island Bridge Case by James W. Ely Jr.
Abraham Lincoln and the Problem of Progress by Andrew Cayton
