Milwaukee road remembered / Jim Scribbins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scribbins, Jim.

Series:

Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--United States.

Railroads.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

First University of Minnesota Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific was a railroad with a big personality. For a time it offered the world's fastest steam-powered passenger trains. Extending from Indiana to Puget Sound, it crossed five mountain ranges in Montana, Idaho, and Washington. It was also the first railroad to prove the feasibility of long distance movement of heavy trains by electricity. All-welded freight and passenger cars were pioneered in its shops, and Milwaukee Road mechanical engineers planned the first streamlined steam locomotives intended for sustained 100 mph speeds.

Contents:

CONTENTS; WHY REMEMBER THE MILWAUKEE ROAD?; A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MILWAUKEE ROAD; THE HIAWATHAS; OTHER NAME TRAINS OF THE MILWAUKEE ROAD; MOTOR CARS; THE COLORFUL MILWAUKEE ROAD; CITY TICKET OFFICES; DINING CARS; OBSERVATION CARS; WINTER; STEAM FREIGHT TRAINS; ELECTRIC FREIGHT TRAINS; DIESEL FREIGHT TRAINS; GLOSSARY AND GAZETTEER; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6662-8

OCLC:

437119949