02542nam 2200565Ia 450 991045441390332120200520144314.00-8166-6662-8(CKB)1000000000747454(EBL)433202(OCoLC)437119949(SSID)ssj0000340423(PQKBManifestationID)11265587(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340423(PQKBWorkID)10388240(PQKB)10127294(MiAaPQ)EBC433202(MdBmJHUP)muse39469(Au-PeEL)EBL433202(CaPaEBR)ebr10285619(CaONFJC)MIL526240(EXLCZ)99100000000074745420080723d2008 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrMilwaukee road remembered[electronic resource] /Jim Scribbins1st University of Minnesota Press ed.Minneapolis, MN University of Minnesota Press20081 online resource (169 p.)Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage BookIncludes index.0-8166-5625-8 CONTENTS; WHY REMEMBER THE MILWAUKEE ROAD?; A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MILWAUKEE ROAD; THE HIAWATHAS; OTHER NAME TRAINS OF THE MILWAUKEE ROAD; MOTOR CARS; THE COLORFUL MILWAUKEE ROAD; CITY TICKET OFFICES; DINING CARS; OBSERVATION CARS; WINTER; STEAM FREIGHT TRAINS; ELECTRIC FREIGHT TRAINS; DIESEL FREIGHT TRAINS; GLOSSARY AND GAZETTEER; INDEXThe Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific was a railroad with a big personality. For a time it offered the world's fastest steam-powered passenger trains. Extending from Indiana to Puget Sound, it crossed five mountain ranges in Montana, Idaho, and Washington. It was also the first railroad to prove the feasibility of long distance movement of heavy trains by electricity. All-welded freight and passenger cars were pioneered in its shops, and Milwaukee Road mechanical engineers planned the first streamlined steam locomotives intended for sustained 100 mph speeds. In Milwaukee Road Remembered eFesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage BookRailroadsUnited StatesElectronic books.Railroads385.0973Scribbins Jim881416MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454413903321Milwaukee road remembered1968445UNINA