Rock Island Requiem The Collapse Of A Mighty Fine Line

Celebrated in history and song, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company-- the Rock Island Line-- was a powerful Midwestern railroad that once traversed thirteen states with its fast freights and Rocket passenger trains but eventually succumbed to government regulation and a changing economy. Schneider chronicles the Rock Island's painful decline and along the way reveals some of the key problems within the American railroad industry during the post-World War II era.