Discover the electric railways that once wrapped around the lower part of Lake Michigan.
From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, down through Chicago, Illinois and ending in South Bend, Indiana, this ambitious presentation covers the streetcar and interurban lines, with scenes nearly all from the 1950 period into the early 1960s. The Chicago Surface Lines boasted 1000 miles of track and over 3000 streetcars of various designs. It offers a wealth of color movie film with accurate sound recordings, specially created maps and a well-researched historic narrative.
Features
- Documentary on the Midwest's electric railways, from Milwaukee to South Bend
- DVD with a runtime of 1 Hour 38 Minutes
- Streetcars and interurbans from the 1950s into the early 1960s, including the Chicago Surface Lines
- Produced by Charles Smiley
Discover the electric railways that once wrapped around the lower part of Lake Michigan.
From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, down through Chicago, Illinois and ending in South Bend, Indiana, this ambitious presentation covers the streetcar and interurban lines, with scenes nearly all from the 1950 period into the early 1960s. The Chicago Surface Lines boasted 1000 miles of track and over 3000 streetcars of various designs. It offers a wealth of color movie film with accurate sound recordings, specially created maps and a well-researched historic narrative.
Features
- Documentary on the Midwest's electric railways, from Milwaukee to South Bend
- DVD with a runtime of 1 Hour 38 Minutes
- Streetcars and interurbans from the 1950s into the early 1960s, including the Chicago Surface Lines
- Produced by Charles Smiley