will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/segment/pf2007-03-15-c WILL Public Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Series Segment Historical Landmarks, History, Illinois Culture/History, Railroads, Champaign County, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings What if we could hop on electric train that could take us home even if we lived in rural Champaign County? Or we could ride that train into town to do grocery shopping? ... Is this a glimpse of the future?… No, it is a look back to the days of the Illinois traction system. This electric train system connected central Illinois with the Midwest. We were lucky to have Illinois Traction Historian Dale Jenkins to tell us the history of the transportation system that was also responsible for bringing electricity to many rural communities. Ian Mitchell produced this story because he had tales of the inter-urban as he was growing up in Tolono. His grandmother is featured in the segment.  ... written by Alison Davis Wood Abstract Magazine PBCore Genre Picklist Is Part Of http://will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/episode/pf2007-03-15 Illinois, Indiana Spatial Intermediate (grades 7-9)|High School (grades 10-12)|Primary (grades 1-6)|College|Post Graduate|General Education|General TV-G Ian Mitchell Producer WILL-TV, University of Illinois Copyright Holder Publisher © 2009 University of Illinois 2007-03-15T09:18:00-06:00 2007-03-15T09:18:00-06:00 video/x-pn-realvideo http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/pf2007-03-15-c.rv Moving Image RealSystems Real Media 9 38690 00:07:28 eng pf2007-03-15-c.rv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2007-03-15T09:18:00-06:00 2007-03-15T09:18:00-06:00 video/mp4 http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/mpeg4/pf2007-03-15-c.mp4 Moving Image MPEG video MPEG-4 00:07:28 eng pf2007-03-15-c.mp4 WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2007-03-15T09:18:00-06:00 2007-03-15T09:18:00-06:00 video/x-flv http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/flash/pf2007-03-15-c.flv Moving Image Flash Video Flash Media 8 00:07:28 eng pf2007-03-15-c.flv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois