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Great Northern Empire Builder (Great Trains) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Yenne
Publisher: MBI
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 366263
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0760318476
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0973
EAN: 9780760318478
ASIN: 0760318476
Publication Date: May 21, 2005
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Product Description
Bill Yenne. Names for renowned entrpeneur James J. Hill, founder of the Great Northern Railway, the incomparable Empire Builder was launched in 1929 by legendary CEO Ralph Budd. Powered by steam until 1947, the Empire Builder charged into the diesel era at full-bore with streamlined EMD E7As trailing Pullman cars from St. Paul to Spokane and generating millions for the railroad. This authoritative and richly illustrated history covers the Empire Builders through their 1970s demise. Included here are the trains, their various forms of motive power and rolling stock, and their services. A wealth of black and white archival images and period color photography depict the Empire Builders along one of the nation's most scenic routes. Also shown are uniforms, dinnerware, terminals and stations, interior views of Pullman and dome cars, period advertisements, and route maps.
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 Great Northwest and Railroad History March 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book starts with a biography of Great Northern Railroad founder, James J. Hill.
It then goes on to a history lesson about the building of the Great Northern Railroad
and its early years. Next comes a picture of the inauguration of the Empire Builder
and its early service as a heavyweight luxury train. Finally, the book addresses
the post World War 2 streamlined version of the train. There are some colored
pictures of the streamliner and of several color ads touting the luxury features of
the train and the magnificent trip through the Rocky Mountains. I wish the pictures
of the ads were larger, so that I could read the copy without a magnifying glass.
This book gives a good picture of the development of the Northwest and the part
played in this development by Great Northern and the Empire Builder.
 Not For The Detail-Seeking Hobbyist April 13, 2006
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is mostly a history of James Hill and the Great Northern Railroad. If someone is trying to build an accurate model of the passenger train the Empire Builder or the Great Northern Railroad they won't find the information they need here. There is little information about the trains themselves, the facilities, or the equipment they used. There's a lot more background information than I've seen in other books, and more history of the business side of GN than in other books.
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