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Railroads in Illinois

Railroads in Illinois. Analyzing Population Growth in Carbondale and Du Quoin with the expansion of the Railroad over 150 years. The 1800’s witnessed dramatic expansion of the railroads throughout the United States. Early Railroad Planning Map for Illinois. 1852 - 1854.

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Railroads in Illinois

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  1. Railroads in Illinois Analyzing Population Growth in Carbondale and Du Quoin with the expansion of the Railroad over 150 years.

  2. The 1800’s witnessed dramatic expansion of the railroads throughout the United States.

  3. Early Railroad Planning Map for Illinois

  4. 1852 - 1854 • Illinois Central Railroad builds railroad line from Cairo to Chicago • Entrepreneurs in Du Quoin and Carbondale purchase land near the planned rail lines. • The cities of Du Quoin and Carbondale are surveyed and plots sold to potential citizens. • Both cities incorporate in 1853 • The first train rolls through the cities on July 4th, 1854.

  5. Carbondale Depot

  6. Carbondale

  7. Depot at Du Quoin

  8. Southern Illinois Railroad Plans 1854

  9. Southern Illinois Railroad Plans

  10. Southern Illinois Grows Railroad Depots now indicated on maps. 1856 1861

  11. Passenger Train Travel

  12. Railroad travel was the preferred mode in the early 1900’s and the number of passengers grew dramatically. Photos supplied by family of Celeste Naumer Flavell

  13. Passenger Traffic Data

  14. Population CensusData Through 1920 Data as shown on TI-83 Calculator

  15. Populations through 1920

  16. Exponential Regressions Du Quoin Carbondale Note: Logistic Regression will not work with the given data. The calculator gave a domain error.

  17. Predictions for 2000 Carbondale Du Quoin Evaluate the exponential regression equations using the data through 1920 at the year 2000

  18. How good was prediction Du Quoin Carbondale Using Exponential Regressions, Carbondale was very close, but Du Quoin was far from correct. Du Quoin Original regression lines with all data. Carbondale: Predicted

  19. Moving on to 2000

  20. Current Amtrak Routes

  21. New Carbondale Depot

  22. Current Du Quoin Depot

  23. Only 2 stops per day in Du Quoin

  24. CensusData Through 2000

  25. Populations through 2000

  26. Exponential Graphs Carbondale Du Quoin All data was used to compute regression curve.

  27. Exponential Predictions

  28. Logistic Regressions Carbondale Du Quoin Carbondale Du Quoin

  29. Logistic Predictions

  30. Conclusions The populations of Carbondale and Du Quoin can be modeled with a logistic equation that will predict population more accurately that an exponential regression. It appeared that both towns were growing exponentially prior to 1920 due to the fast growth of railroad usage for travel and freight. Carbondale still grew at a near exponential rate due to the expansion of SIU in the 1960’s. Du Quoin’s population leveled off and has shown little change in many years. Has SIU originally located just north of Du Quoin as was discussed, the population curves may be reversed.

  31. Railroad Movies A romance of the rail / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1903. Black Diamond express / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1896. Arrival of McKinley's funeral train at Canton, Ohio / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. OTHER TITLES Funeral train arriving at Canton Station CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. Going through the tunnel / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898 Freight train / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1898.

  32. Current Passenger Train View a short movie

  33. Links and References SIU-Carbondale Site for Adventures of the American Mind http://www.aam.siu.edu/siuc/index.asp American Memories Collection http://memory.loc.gov/ Library of Congress Site http://www.loc.gov/ Southern Illinois University at Carbondale http://www.siuc.edu/ Citing Internet Resources – http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml Perry County Historical Society Book – 1984 United States Census 1850 through 2000 International Historical Statistics, The Americas City of Carbondale Website

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