The Milwaukee Road (Railroad Color History) |
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Author:
Tom Murray
By MBI
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List Price: $36.95
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Product 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.
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Well Done, 2006-02-23
The writer is in the rail industry. He's careful. Both the photos and the text reflect this. This is not an academic history, but it is a first class ticket on a first class story about a first class railroad. Tom Murray is a good writer. It is rare to suggest in the trade that this writer didn't write enough. The selection of photos was done with a finely tuned and patient hand. The result is a book that is not just a pleasure to read; it is a genuine resource about this timeless railroad and its unique story.
The Milwaukee Road by Tom Murray, 2005-10-19
This is an excellent book about the Milwaukee Road and I am happy to add it to my Milwaukee Road shelf. The photos are excellent and the selection was done very carefully in that there are photos of many types of equipment from the various decades. The history of the railroad is detailed just enough and allows the reader to understand this railroad. I recommend adding this book to your Milwaukee Road or general railroading collection.
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0973
EAN: 9780760320723
ISBN: 0760320721
Label: MBI
Manufacturer: MBI
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2005-10-29
Publisher: MBI
Studio: MBI |
