With 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. Con

One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with

Railroads were key to Rockford's rise as a thriving manufacturing and commercial center. With an area population of over 200,000 residents and a reputation for