"Outside the Rails: A Rail Route Guide from Chicago to Kansas City" is a 334-page route guidebook for passengers traveling Amtrak's Southwest Chief train through Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. Learn interesting facts about the people, place, and history passing by outside the window between Chicago and Kansas City. This book was written by Robert and Kandace Tabern with the Midwest Rail Rangers.

This milepost-by-milepost guide was designed for passengers who take the Hoosier Train from Indianapolis, Indiana to Chicago, Illinois. Learn about the people, place, history, and industry that you are seeing outside your window. From a famous popcorn man's connection to Northwest Indiana, to why pellets are made a track-side factory, this book has everything you need to know to enhance your journey between two of the Midwest's largest cities.

This 48-page book is a milepost-by-milepost railroad route guide for passengers aboard Amtrak's Southwest Chief route through Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. This is an abbreviated edition of "Outside the Rails: A Rail Route Guide from Chicago to Kansas City", which is 340 pages long. Learn interesting stories about the people, places, and history that will be passing by outside your window.

The train line between Chicago, Northwest Indiana, and Michigan is one of the most popular passenger rail lines in the Midwest. In this milepost-by-milepost guide, authors Robert and Kandace Tabern discuss interesting things that can be seen from the train and the history of track-side towns along the route.

"Outside the Rails: A Rail Route Guide from Chicago to South Bend Airport, IN" serves as a milepost-by-milepost route guide for the 90-mile-long electric interurban train line between Chicago, Gary, Michigan City, and South Bend, Indiana. This route guide was produced in partnership with the marketing team at the Northern Indiana Commuter Rail District. The book begins with a brief introduction by famed railroad author John Kelly about interurbans in the Chicagoland area, including the South Shore Line, North Shore Line, and the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin. The rest of the book explains what passengers see out their window from the train - including historical sites, natural sites, and famous people of Chicago and Northwest Indiana.

If you ever ride the train between Chicago, Milwaukee, and the Twin Cities...then this is the book that you need! The second edition of "Outside the Rails" features 300 pages of useful information describing the different sites that passengers see while aboard Amtrak's "Hiawatha Service" and "Empire Builder" trains. Ever look out your window and wonder what something is? Chances are it is in this book! The author spent more than 5 years researching historic buildings, natural, and geological sites along the 417 mile route from Chicago to St. Paul. This route guide is also popular with passengers who are participating in a "Friends of the 261" charter trip. So, stop wondering "What is that?"...and be in the know with "Outside the Rails".