A Preliminary Historic Digest of the C and Ei RR: Compiled from a History of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad and the Companies from Which It Grew (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Last rail laid between Vincennes and Terre Haute and service started following day. Cost of road couplets said to have been per mile.
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