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Texas engine #854, Chicago Great Western Railroad


Title	Texas engine #854, Chicago Great Western Railroad
Coverage / Year	1930
Description	Photograph, b/w
Interpretation	Despite major cutbacks in personnel at the beginning of the decade, employment levels at the Chicago Great Western remained generally stable. The volume of freight and passenger business increased as the decade progressed and the railroad recalled or hired many workers. Fares were slashed to increase passengers. A thirty-day round trip coach ticket cost as little as 1 4/5 cents per mile.
Lesson Plans / Themes	American Dream; American Communities in History; Depression Photo Essay; Transportation--A Student's Historical Explanation;
Learning Standards	16 History; 15 Economics; 17 Geography;
Author or Creator	Unknown
Source	The Corn Belt Route: A History of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company by H. Roger Grant, ISBN 0-87580-095-5, 231 p., 1984 (p.103)
Subject / Keywords	Railroads--Illinois; Rail crossings; Chicago Great Western Railroad Company; Rail transportation; Railroad tracks; Railroad locomotives
Collection Publisher	Illinois State Library
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CONTENTdm file name	67113141882003_cgwr1.jpg