Preliminary Table of Contents:
Introduction
I. Prelude
II. Executive
III. Owner
IV. The Strike
V. System Builder
VI. Ives
VII. The Crash
VIII. Caretaker
IX. Postlude
Afterword and Acknowledgments
Primary Resources
Notes
Bibliography of Secondary Sources

Promotional Information

The first complete study of William Riley McKeen and the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad.

About the Author

Richard T. Wallis, raised in a Pennsylvania Railroad family in New Jersey, studied history and found his soul-mate at Oakland City College (now Oakland City University) in Oakland City, Indiana before embarking on a career in broadcasting. It was in the Hoosier state that he rediscovered his railroad, and was introduced to the distinctive differences of its Lines West heritage. Wallis is a member of the Indiana Historical Society and the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society.

Reviews

"The Vandalia Railroad was one of the three principal components of the Pennsylvania system, and its lines covered western Indiana and eastern and central Illinois. It operated lines to or terminals at Terre Haute, Logansport, Indianapolis and Vincennes, IN; Toledo, OH; St. Louis, MO; and Decatur and Peoria, IL, as well as St. Joseph, MI. Publication of this book fills an important gap in Midwestern rail history." --Richard Simons, co-author, Railroads of Indiana