Milwaukee Road Steam Power
Author | : John Tigges |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780933449220 |
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Author | : John Tigges |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780933449220 |
Author | : Tom Murray |
Publisher | : Voyageur Press (MN) |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2005-10-29 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0760320721 |
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.
Author | : Frederick W. Hyde |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Diesel locomotives |
ISBN | : 9781932804041 |
Author | : John Tigges |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : August Derleth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780877458012 |
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.
Author | : J. Parker Lamb |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2003-07-08 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780253342195 |
Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive documents the role played by mechanical engineers in the development of locomotive design. The steam engine and the mechanical engineering profession both grew directly out of the Industrial Revolution's need for sources of power beyond that of men and animals. Invented in England when coal mining was being developed, the practical steam engine eventually found numerous applications in transportation, especially in railroad technology. J. Parker Lamb traces the evolution of the steam engine from the early 1700s through the early 1800s, when the first locomotives were sent to the United States from England. Lamb then shifts the scene to the development of the American steam locomotive, first by numerous small builders, and later, by the early 20th century, by only three major enterprises and a handful of railroad company shops. Lamb reviews the steady progress of steam locomotive technology through its pinnacle during the 1930s, then discusses the reasons for its subsequent decline.
Author | : Jim Angel and Ashley Mantooth |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467102881 |
Steam railroading became an integral part of the communities in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota in the late 1800s. The railroad provided hundreds of jobs and the ability to transport both goods and passengers across the Midwest. The Chicago & North Western Railway, the Chicago Great Western Railroad, the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (called the Milwaukee Road by employees) served five principal gateways, which included Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Omaha, Nebraska; and Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. Operating steam engines required tremendous manpower, and by the 1920s, some steam passenger trains were replaced by more efficient motor cars, fueled by oil-powered engines. Steam engines could no longer compete with the reduced operating costs, smaller crew requirements, and time savings provided by diesel, which ultimately led to the fall of steam in 1955.
Author | : Thomas E. Burg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Steam locomotives |
ISBN | : 9780979575235 |
Photos of the steam locomotives that traveled the rail lines from Milwaukee to Puget Sound, during the first half of the twentieth century.
Author | : Brian Solomon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Steam locomotives |
ISBN | : 1616732105 |
Author | : Lloyd E. Stagner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : 9780942035728 |