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The Chicago Great Western Railway (IL) (Images of Rail) | 
 enlarge | Author: David J. Fiore Sr.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 450769
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 073854048X
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0973
EAN: 9780738540481
ASIN: 073854048X
Publication Date: July 24, 2006
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Product Description
The Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW) was a Midwestern line that operated in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska. Although this territory was served by much larger systems, the CGW was able to retain its share of passenger and freight business for 83 years through aggressive management, dedicated employees, innovations, and efficient operations. By the early 1960s, however, the growth of the trucking industry and airlines had taken away a substantial amount of the business previously handled by railroads. The CGW would not survive as operating costs increased while revenues declined. The only solution was to consolidate with another railroad, and a favorable agreement was reached with the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW). At 12:01 a.m. Monday, July 1, 1968, the CGW ceased to exist, as it became part of the C&NW. Since that time, much of the system has been abandoned, and today only a few segments of former CGW trackage remain in service. This book provides nostalgic images and photographs of the operations, employees, locomotives, and stations of a little railroad that is now only a memory.
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Living along the Chicago Great Western March 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My father worked as a section foreman on the Chicago Great Western when I was young. I grew up living along the tracks and watched the trains passed by. This book brought back a lot of memories, especially the picture of the old storage building at Holcomb, Illinois.
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