{"product_id":"rockford-interurban-railway-hardcover","title":"Rockford \u0026 Interurban Railway - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Schafer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrian Landis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith today's America dominated by the automobile, it is difficult to believe that until the 1920s nearly 100 percent of the US population traveled via rail. Conventional passenger-train service spread rapidly by the 1850s, but another form of rail transportation did not emerge until the turn of the 20th century: the interurban. Almost always electric, interurbans linked cities with burghs. Rockford, one of Illinois's three largest urban centers during the 20th century, enjoyed a system appropriately named the Rockford \u0026amp; Interurban, dating from the city's horse-drawn streetcars of the 1880s. By World War I, the Rockford \u0026amp; Interurban ran from downtown Rockford to Cherry Valley and Belvidere; Winnebago, Pecatonica, and Freeport; Roscoe and Rockton; and Beloit and Janesville, Wisconsin. The Rockford \u0026amp; Interurban enjoyed a supernova of success, rising quickly in popularity before slowly dying when the automobile became widespread in the 1920s; the Great Depression finished the job in 1936.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42715864432703,"sku":"9781531669904","price":41.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/462fc63dd7ef19629de56aef479d444d.webp?v=1765072920","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/rockford-interurban-railway-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}