The Milwaukee Road Magazine
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
The Milwaukee Road
Author : Tom Murray
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 2005-10-29
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0760320721
Book Description
The true grit and glory days of one of America's greatest railroads come to dramatic life in this full-scale illustrated history by industry veteran Tom Murray. Words and pictures carry readers across the vast tracts of land and time traversed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific-better known to history as the Milwaukee Road. Ranging from the railroad's late-nineteenth-century beginnings to its purchase by onetime rival Soo Line in 1985, the book looks at The Milwaukee Road's famed streamlined Hiawatha passenger trains, the "Little Joe" electric locomotives, and the sprawling fabrication and repair facilities in its namesake city. Whether surveying the railroad's routes and the trains that plied them, and the people who worked behind the scenes, or focusing on the line's motive power, rolling stock, passenger and freight operations, The Milwaukee Road provides a broad-scale, brilliantly detailed portrait of a great railroad, an industry, and a bygone era.
Wallace W. Abbey
Author : Scott Lothes
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 42,14 MB
Release : 2018-01-26
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0253032253
Book Description
From the late 1940s onward, Wallace W. Abbey masterfully combined journalistic and artistic vision to transform everyday transportation moments into magical photographs. Abbey, a photographer, journalist, historian, and railroad industry executive, helped people from many different backgrounds understand and appreciate what was taken for granted: a world of locomotives, passenger trains, big-city terminals, small-town depots, and railroaders. During his lifetime he witnessed and photographed sweeping changes in the railroading industry from the steam era to the era of diesel locomotives and electronic communication. Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography profiles the life and work of this legendary photographer and showcases the transformation of transportation and photography after World War II. Featuring more than 175 exquisite photographs in an oversized format, Wallace W. Abbey is an outstanding tribute to a gifted artist and the railroads he loved.
The Hiawatha Story
Author : Jim Scribbins
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,1 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1452912963
Book Description
Originally published: Milwaukee: Kalmbach, 1970.
The Milwaukee Road
Author : August Derleth
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,14 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780877458012
Book Description
From its incorporation in 1847 in Wisconsin Territory to its first run in 1851--twenty miles between Milwaukee and Waukesha--to its later position of far-flung power, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul &Pacific Railroad Company had a vivid history. By 1948, the Milwaukee Road had more than 40,000 employees and maintained more than 10,000 miles of line in twelve states from Indiana to Washington. Also in 1948, August Derleth's popular and well-crafted corporate history celebrated the strength and status of this mighty carrier. On February 19, 1985, the railroad became a subsidiary of Soo Line Corporation and its identity vanished overnight. Nonetheless, it remains a romantic memory, and Derleth's book remains the only complete history of this innovative and dynamic railroad.
The Complete Book of North American Railroading
Author : Kevin EuDaly
Publisher : Crestline Books
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 38,3 MB
Release : 2016-09
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0785833897
Book Description
Celebrate over 150 years of the North American railroad with this visual history. You'll be amazed by over 400 modern and vintages photographs of these trains!
Illinois Central Railroad
Author : Tom Murray
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 18,13 MB
Release : 1882
Category :
ISBN : 9781610600071
Book Description
The Nation Pays Again
Author : Thomas H. Ploss
Publisher : Thomas M. Ploss
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 31,79 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Railroads and state
ISBN : 9780961378813
Book Description
THE NATION PAYS AGAIN (3rd Ed., 1991) is a sequel to Lowenthal's classic THE INVESTIGATOR PAYS (1933) in that it carries forward the history of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company from the end of its first bankruputcy in 1928, Lowenthal's subject, to the end of its third & the annihilation in 1986. The author, formerly a staff attorney for the railroad, gives personal witness to events from the day he joins the firm in 1966 through twenty years of drama. He reports the momentous discoveries made in the headquarters of the railroad's bitter rival proving illegal conspiracy to "Kill MILW," & the government's failure to protect its investment in the Milwaukee Road's ability to compete. The story records the sad repetition of all Lowenthal inveighed against in wasteful bankruptcy practices as the system is broken up & sold off, huge profits going to the trustee & his friends. The Lexington Newsletter, a historian's guide, recommended "should be read by all seriously interested in the history of U.S. railroads since World War II."
Classic Railroad Scenes: Railroads at Work Hard Cover
Author : Art Peterson
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 2021-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781627008631
Book Description
Art Peterson is back with more color images from his Krambles-Peterson Archive. This book focuses on freight railroading and features scenes of switching and trains in industrial areas in the Transition and Classic eras. Large photos and in depth captions go beyond just telling what's in the photo - they put the images in context with the greater railroad scene as well as what was going on in the larger society.
The Railroad and the Art of Place
Author : David Kahler
Publisher : Center for Railroad Photography & Arts
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 27,11 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780692748770
Book Description
In the late 1980s, David Kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of O. Winston Link photographs. He soon began making annual trips to the West Virginia and eastern Kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic of "place." Armed with a used Leica M6 and gritty Tri-X film, he and his wife made six week-long trips in the dead of winter to photograph trains along the Pocahontas Division of the Norfolk Southern Railway. Nearly one hundred images edited from this body of work form the core of The Railroad and the Art of Place, along with a selection of earlier Pennsylvania Railroad steam-era photographs that reflect Kahler's interest in the railroad landscape from an early age. Also included are three essays by Kahler, Scott Lothes, and Jeff Brouws, discussing the personal motivations, historical context, and aesthetic development behind the photography. With funding for printing provided by the Kahler Family Charitable Fund, all sales will go to support the Center's work.
