Author : Donovan L. Hofsommer
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 11,54 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780816644971
Traces the colorful history of the Iowa Central Railway and its valuable contributions to the development of the upper Midwest, chronicling the origins, growth, and eventual dismantling of the railroad and assessing its relationship with its customers, its influence on the state's agricultural and industrial commerce, and more.
Author : George Ware Stephens
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 1911
Category :
ISBN :
Author : John Tigges
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,33 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738541181
When talk began circulating in 1848 about the importance of railroads, the people of Cascade grew anxious. Without direct access to navigable rivers other than the Mississippi over 36 miles away, their community could very well fade from existence. They needed a railroad as soon as possible. The idea raced forward, with the backing of the Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad Company, or "the River Road," which ran along the western bank of the Mississippi River and passed through Bellevue. Their hopes and dreams became reality in a three-foot-gauge line 31 years later, in 1879. In 1880, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway purchased the River Road, which included the narrow-gauge branch line to Cascade. Overjoyed at having a larger entity involved, anticipation for the widening of the rails to standard gauge grew quickly. This book relates the story from the beginning to its abandonment in 1936. Today Bellevue and Cascade survive as thriving small towns and are economically healthy. Despite the fact that 70 years have passed since the last spike was pulled, many people know of and recall Iowa's last narrow-gauge railroad.
Author : Barton Jennings
Publisher : Techscribes, Incorporated
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,56 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category :
ISBN : 9780984986668
From Seward to Fairbanks, this book describes the route of the Alaska Railroad past and present, plus the sights and wildlife that have fascinated visitors for more than 100 years. This book includes detailed route guides for the Alaska Railroad, information about the history of the railroad, the history of Alaska, and current railroad operations.
Author : Steve Glischinksi
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,45 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Railroads, Local and light
ISBN : 9781610604956
Author : Bill Marvel
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 22,4 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0253011310
Explore the rich history of the legendary railroad that spanned the American Midwest in this beautifully illustrated volume. Beginning operations in the mid-nineteenth century, the Rock Island Line served farms and small-town America for more than 140 years. One of the earliest railroads to build westward from Chicago, it was the first to span the Mississippi, advancing the frontier, bringing settlers into the West, and hauling their crops to market. Rock Island’s celebrated Rocket passenger trains also set a standard for speed and service, with suburban runs as familiar to Windy City commuters as the Loop. For most of its existence, the Rock battled competitors much larger and richer than itself. When it finally succumbed, the result was one of the largest business bankruptcies ever. Today, as its engines and stock travel the busy main lines operated by other carriers, the Rock Island Line lives on in the hearts of those whom it employed and served.
Author : Janet Maughan
Publisher :
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 49,33 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Novelists
ISBN :
Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,49 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780253314253
A rich photographic record of Iowa's railroad history
Author : George Ware Stephens
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,39 MB
Release : 2015-09-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781342424112
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Author : Tom Murray
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 39,65 MB
Release :
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781616731540
By the time it was merged into the Union Pacific in 1995, the Chicago & North Western was one of the nations oldest surviving railroads, a testament to the Midwestern stoicism with which it had gone about its business since 1859. This illustrated history chronicles how C&NW emerged from a collection of regional carriers to become a strategic link between eastern railroads and the West. Author Tom Murray traces the railroads expansion as it extended secondary lines throughout the Midwest. He also explores C&NWs joint ownership of UP passenger trains and describes how the railroad answered challenges from regional rivals with the "400" series of passenger trains. As fascinating as the story are the hundreds of accompanying illustrations--historical photographs, archival images, route maps, and period print ads. The result is an entertaining and informative history of an iconic Midwestern railroad--a narrative that spans the decades from the 1850s to the 1990s and takes in steam and diesel motive power, freight and passenger operations, and all the key characters, events, and deals that figured in the Chicago & North Westerns rise and eventual demise.
