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The Chicago and Northwestern, in its second century of operations, experienced near-collapse, booming success as an employee-owned railroad and, finally, acquisition by the Union Pacific. From Chicago to Freemont, Nebraska, Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Wyoming, and Minneapolis to Kansas City, these final and dynamic years of the C&NW are chronicled in photos.
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This 10 1/2 x 8 1/2, 128-page, softbound chronicles the history of one of the Upper Midwest's foremost freight and passenger lines which eventually merged into the Burlington Northern. It features a collection of 121 black and white photographs from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin including steam engines, rolling stock, depots, ships, yards, tunnel and line construction.
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Conrail Author: Tim Doherty Publisher: MBI Publishing; (March 2004)
During its 25-year history, Conrail became one of the most familiar modern railroads, a freight line that connected most of the Northeast?s population centers and was renowned for its clean locomotives, tight schedules, and frequent heavy freight trains. This comprehensive and gorgeously illustrated history examines Conrail?s motive power and rolling stock, its yards and terminals, and its most interesting routes, as well as its operations. Much of the information is gleaned from interviews with former Conrail employees. The photography is sourced from a variety of collections and archivists around the country.
Following a brief look at the Pennsylvania, New Haven, New York Central, Lehigh Valley, Erie-Lackawanna, and other roads that ultimately formed Conrail, the book launches into chapters detailing the major aspects of Conrail operations, including:
1. The Boston Line, the world?s oldest mountain railroad which was home to scenic splendor and 5,000-horsepower Electro-Motive SD80MAC locomotives;
2. The Water Level Route, the former New York-to-Chicago path of the New York Central?s 20th Century Limited that was one of Conrail?s busiest routes, handling dozens of Conrail intermodals daily amongst the beauty of the Hudson River Valley and the Great Lakes;
3. The Southern Tier, a scenic, broad-gauge engineering marvel in eastern Pennsylvania and New York State which, though long-dormant, came alive as Conrail?s premier stack-train route; and
4. Perhaps the photographic highlight of the book, Conrail in Pennsylvania, a state lauded for its Allegheny Mountain railways and Horseshoe curve and myriad coal lines and secondary branches amid bucolic beauty.
Further chapters include coverage of Conrail?s Midwestern operations in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, its smaller branch lines, Conrail terminals, and epilog detailing Conrail?s 1999 split between CSX and Norfolk Southern and a brief look at Conrail under its new owners.
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A little-known narrow-gauge empire consisting of over 700 miles of three-foot rail, stretching from the southern tip of Illinois to Fort Worth, Texas, was the genesis of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, better known as the Cotton Belt. Cotton Belt Locomotives documents a proud tradition going back a full century. More than 300 photographs, dozens of diagrams, and four maps illustrate the book. Strapac's thorough research delineates the history of the railway and its antecedents.
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Railfans will delight in Shaughnessy's volumes. First published in 1982 and 1981, respectively, these pictorial histories document the railroad lines that ran between Pennsylvania and New York and New York and Vermont.
This 8 1/2 x 11 softcover pictorial history offers 625 illustrations, album, roster and maps. Shaughnessy turns an eloquent photographers eye to the Delaware & Hudson, the line that became The Bridge Line to New England and Canada during its 170 years of operation. Dealing with the mountainous terrain and heavy grades between Montreal and northeast Pennsylvania forced the locomotives to be leaders in progressive design which is also pictured and described.
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This beautiful all-color book Delaware & Hudson: Thunder & Lightning Stripes was published by The Railroad Press. It covers the D&H from the 1970's to the 80's. Spectacular color photography in the Northeast includes places like Binghamton, Oneonta, Starrucca Viaduct, Mechanicville, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Allentown and more!
Classic motive power includes Delaware & Hudson Century 420's, C424's, RS3's, RS11's, RS36's, rare PA1's and Baldwin Sharks, U23B's, U30B's, U33C's, GP38-2's, GP39-2's, and more! This 48-page book is ALL COLOR, and includes index.
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Discover the history of the monumental Donner Pass and Southern Pacific. See how operations evolved from early wood-burning locomotives to the first diesels to the generations of machines that have followed.
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