The Hiawatha story / Jim Scribbins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scribbins, Jim.

Series:

Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage series.

Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hiawatha (Express train).

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

First University of Minnesota Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Loved for their radically new, streamlined look, the Hiawathas Art Deco engines were a hallmark of American industrial design. For Midwestern passengers from Chicago to Aberdeen, the Hiawatha represented speed, comfort, and luxury. From 1935 to 1970 it carried countless passengers and even more memories. Richly illustrated, The Hiawatha Story brings the design and history of this beloved rail fleet to life.

Contents:

Speed

Enter the Hi : "speedlined" became adjective

From tip top tap to beaver tail : the train that netted $700,000 in a year

Ribbed cars and 4-6-4's : what was unprecedented became astounding

100 hits 100 : a few figures for skeptics to mull over

Diesels, war, and S.R.O. : an all-out war, all-out Hi's

Famous 15 : the locomotive that sold the steam-powered Milwaukee Road on diesels

Skytops and super domes : more diesels and enough new cars to make a 2 1/2-mile Hi

Yellow paint and red ink : for President Crippen, "an unhappy task"

North woods Hiawatha : the Hi that was the fisherman's friend

Olympian Hiawatha : to fill a void, " a perfect train"

Chippewa-Hiawatha : where aging Pacifics dimmed their headlights for deer.

Notes:

Includes index.

Originally published: Milwaukee, Wis.: Kalmbach, 1970.

ISBN:

0-8166-5417-4

OCLC:

476125806