 The Milwaukee Road: Its First Hundred Years
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| By : August William Derleth, Roger H. Grant |
From its incorporation in 1847 in Wisconsin Territory to its first run in 1851葉wenty miles between Milwaukee and Waukesha葉o its later position of far-flung power, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company had a vivid history. By 1948, the Milwaukee Road had more than 40,000 employees and maintained more than 10,000 miles of line in twelve states from Indiana to Washington. On February 19, 1985, the railroad became a subsidiary of Soo Line Corporation and its identity vanished overnight. Nonetheless, it remains a romantic memory, and Derleth's book remains the only complete history of this innovative and dynamic railroad. Introduction by Roger H. Grant.
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
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The Missabe Road: The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
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| By : Frank Alexander King |
The Missabe Road tells the complete story of the DM&IR: its construction, early operation, line extensions, passenger service, rolling stock, steam locomotives, and today's modern diesels. Frank King examines underground and open pit mining operations, modern-day taconite mining, the handling and transportation of ore to the docks, and the loading of boats.
Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd)
Sales Rank: 417,021
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The Mountain Goat
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| By : J. W. Arbuckle, Alan C. Shook |
In this captivating work, the authors, a rail fan and a former railroader, engagingly tell the history and the character ofthe Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad's Tracy City branch, better known as "The Mountain Goat." They detail the railroad's direct im-pact on the University of the South and coal's impact on the railroad, The history of the line's shaky beginning and endurance as a coal-hauling branchline is peppered with the authors' and other railroaders' anecdotes that span the line's existence-from its 1858 birth, through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and two world wars, to its 1985 demise. Pictures and memorabilia from the collection of William Ray Turner give added enjoyment to the read-ers of this "Little History."
Publisher: Overmountain Press
Sales Rank: 1,144,373
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The New Haven Railroad in the Streamline Era
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| By : Geoffrey H. Doughty |
One hundred-twenty high-quality color photographs illustrate the history of the New Haven Railroad's passenger operations in the classic streamline era. The story begins in 1934 with the railroad's first lightweight car order and continues through the railroad's experimentation with ultra-lightweight trains in the mid '50s and the troubled '60s. The color photography illustrates paint schemes and stations. Charts, maps, brochures, and timetables are reproduced, and 50 black-and-white photos show the cars being built.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Sales Rank: 340,978
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The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad
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| By : Robert E. Mohowski |
As expertly and engagingly told in this heavily illustrated book葉he first in-depth history of the line葉he story of the NYS&W vividly illustrates the challenges faced by the many smaller railroad companies that contributed to America's industrial growth and the inventive solutions their directors devised to surmount these difficulties in the service of local and regional needs. Robert E. Mohowski traces the company's tangled history from the founding of its direct ancestor葉he New Jersey, Hudson, and Delaware Railroad擁n 1832 through its acquisition by the Erie Railroad in 1898, its reemergence as an independent entity in 1940, and its thirty-six-year-long struggle to keep the railroad in business.....
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Sales Rank: 416,813
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The Old Somerset Railroad: A Lifeline for Northern Mainers
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| By : Walter Marshall Macdougall |
In The Old Somerset Railroad, retired professor Walter Macdougall traces the history of The Somerset Railroad narrow-guage line, its development and construction, and the ways the lives of people living along the tracks became interwoven with the railroad. Using period photographs, Macdougall weaves a colorful and fascinating account of an unforgettable part of Maine's history
Publisher: Down East Books
Sales Rank: 423,127
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The Pennsylvania Railroad at Bay: William Riley McKeen and the Terre
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| By : Richard T. Wallis |
The Pennsylvania Railroad at Bay is the story of an independent and creative 19th-century Indiana businessman, William Riley McKeen, and the railroad that he built based in Terre Haute葉he Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad. It is also the story of a small-town entrepreneur who held the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad at bay, refusing to sell out before he was ready to do so. Wallis has made a fascinating contribution to the railroad history of Indiana, to the story of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and to the history of Terre Haute and one of its most interesting businessmen.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Sales Rank: 632,155
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