Hiawatha - Nothing Faster on Rails - Milwaukee Road's 1936-1942 Hiawatha's

Description: Our second volume covering the streamlined, lightweight passenger cars and trains of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, “The Milwaukee Road,” and the locomotives that pulled them from the “ribbed” era on the railroad of 1936-1942. This is a very limited press run, so do not delay, order yours today. Hiawatha – Nothing Faster On Rails is a deluxe, hard cover, spiral bound book, detailing the ongoing development of lightweight passenger car construction by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad. More than 250 pages, 11" x 14".Over 347 B&W and 20 Color photographs, most never before published.Over 105 drawings illustrating: The development of the Milwaukee Road's second, third and fourth lightweight - high speed trains: the Hiawatha of 1936, 1939, and 1942.HO scale plans and 26 full color side elevations of all cars produced by the Milwaukee Shops 1936-1942, with later modified versions.Also included are the Hiawatha’s locomotives in photographs and HO scale plans.A photographic pictorial of the Hiawatha’s operation.Later modifications and assignments of the 1936-1942 passenger equipment.Rosters and typical train consists. 8 pages Introduction and Table of Contents 4 pages Chapter 1: Speed, Style and Horizontal Ribs 40 pages Chapter 2: The 1937 Hiawatha 32 pages Chapter 3: The 1939 Hiawatha 28 pages Chapter 4: The 1942 Hiawatha 16 pages Chapter 5: The Milwaukee Road in Color 42 pages Chapter 6: Modified Equipment. 30 pages Chapter 7: Hiawatha Pictorial 26 pages Chapter 8: Hiawatha Locomotives 19 pages Chapter 9: Converted Equipment 4 pages Rosters, Dispositions, Typical Consists 2 pages Chronology. 5 pages Truck Drawings 256 total pages!

Price: 89.99 USD

Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota

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