Author: John TiggesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Milwaukee Road Narrow Gauge
Author: John TiggesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Milwaukee Road Narrow Gauge
Author: John TiggsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780911581232
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Iowa's Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad
Author: John TiggesPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738541181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
When talk began circulating in 1848 about the importance of railroads, the people of Cascade grew anxious. Without direct access to navigable rivers other than the Mississippi over 36 miles away, their community could very well fade from existence. They needed a railroad as soon as possible. The idea raced forward, with the backing of the Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad Company, or "the River Road," which ran along the western bank of the Mississippi River and passed through Bellevue. Their hopes and dreams became reality in a three-foot-gauge line 31 years later, in 1879. In 1880, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway purchased the River Road, which included the narrow-gauge branch line to Cascade. Overjoyed at having a larger entity involved, anticipation for the widening of the rails to standard gauge grew quickly. This book relates the story from the beginning to its abandonment in 1936. Today Bellevue and Cascade survive as thriving small towns and are economically healthy. Despite the fact that 70 years have passed since the last spike was pulled, many people know of and recall Iowa's last narrow-gauge railroad.
Milwaukee Road Steam Power
Author: John TiggesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780933449220
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Ships and Narrow Gauge Rails
Author: Gerald M. BestPublisher: Howell-North Books, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Trains
Author: The Milwaukee Road
Author: August Derleth"The Colorado Road"
Author: F. Hol WagnerLost Railway Journeys from Around the World
Author: Anthony LambertPublisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 178131747X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
From the great cathedral-like railways stations of the steam age to obscure lines built through spectacular landscapes to open up countries before the advent of motorised road transport, this book is a celebration of our lost railway heritage and the lines that can no longer be travelled. Through stunning images, Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World evokes the romance and drama of these journeys, taking the reader as close as they can possibly get to this lost world of dining cars, sleeping cars, station porters and international rail travel. Organised by continent, all of these routes have stories to tell and the lost journeys are captured in the old postcards and posters that accompany photographs drawn from collections and archives across the world.
Guide to Narrow Gauge Modeling
Author: Tony KoesterPublisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
ISBN: 1627001514
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This book provides an entry point for any modeler interested in building a narrow gauge layout. Narrow gauge railroads remain popular among railfans and modelers due to the spectacular mountain scenery in which many operated. Although narrow gauge layouts have a passionate niche following, there are very few books on this subject. • The book is an overview of prototype narrow gauge railroading as well as available models. • This is a one-stop book for introducing modelers to the subject of narrow gauge railroading. • It explains why and where narrow gauge railroads were built, how they operated, what their equipment was like, and why they were abandoned.