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Iowa S Railroads
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Author : H. Roger Grant
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-01
Iowa S Railroads written by H. Roger Grant and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-01 with Transportation categories.
A definitive history of the railroads of Iowa, featuring over four hundred black-and-white photographs. At one point in time, no place in Iowa was more than a few miles from an active line of rail track. In this splendid companion volume to Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland (IUP, 2005), H. Roger Grant and Don L. Hofsommer explore the pivotal role that railroads played in the urban development of the state as well as the symbiotic relationship Iowa and its rails shared. With more than four hundred black-and-white photographs, a solid inventory of depots and locations, and new information that is sure to impress even the most well-versed railfan, this detailed history of the state’s railroads—including the Chicago & North Western, Cedar Rapids & Iowa City, and the Iowa Northern—will be an essential reference for railroad fans and historians, artists, and model railroad builders. “Iowa’s Railroads is a solid visual introduction to the railroad history of the state.” —Industrial Archeology “With more than 400 black and white photographs, an inventory of depots and locations, and new information that will please railroad fans, [Iowa’s Railroads] will be an essential reference for historians, fans, and model railroad builders.” —Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment,2010 “This excellent volume is sure to appeal to anyone with an interest in Midwest railway history.” —The Michigan Railfan, March-April 2010 “Grant and Hofsommer, both native Iowans and respected railroad historians, have mined a wide variety of public and private photo collections, and the result is a visual feast of Iowa’s railroad experience.” —The Annals of Iowa, 69, Number 2
Iowa Railroads
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Author : Frank Pierce Donovan (Jr.)
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2000-05
Iowa Railroads written by Frank Pierce Donovan (Jr.) and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05 with Transportation categories.
What began as a study of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway stretched into more than a dozen contributions on Hawkeye state railroad topics. By 1969 Donovan had examined Iowa's “Little Three”: Chicago Great Western, Illinois Central, and Minneapolis & St. Paul as well as the state's “Big Four”: Chicago & North Western; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific; and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In addition to these seven core carriers, Donovan covered the state's less prominent railroads: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Great Northern; and Union Pacific and Wabash. Moreover, he contributed an issue on Iowa's principal interurbans, most of which survived into the 1950s as electric-powered freight-only short lines. In uniting Donovan's articles into a single volume, Iowa Railroads provides the most complete history of Iowa's rail heritage.
Annual Report
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Author : Iowa. Railroad Commissioners
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
Annual Report written by Iowa. Railroad Commissioners and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Railroads categories.
Early History Of Iowa Railroads
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Author : Hobart Cecil Carr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Early History Of Iowa Railroads written by Hobart Cecil Carr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Transportation categories.
Iowa S Last Narrow Gauge Railroad
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Author : John Tigges
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2006
Iowa S Last Narrow Gauge Railroad written by John Tigges and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
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.
Iowa Railroads
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Author : H. Roger Grant
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2000-05-01
Iowa Railroads written by H. Roger Grant and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05-01 with Transportation categories.
What began as a study of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway stretched into more than a dozen contributions on Hawkeye state railroad topics. By 1969 Donovan had examined Iowa's “Little Three”: Chicago Great Western, Illinois Central, and Minneapolis & St. Paul as well as the state's “Big Four”: Chicago & North Western; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific; and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In addition to these seven core carriers, Donovan covered the state's less prominent railroads: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Great Northern; and Union Pacific and Wabash. Moreover, he contributed an issue on Iowa's principal interurbans, most of which survived into the 1950s as electric-powered freight-only short lines. In uniting Donovan's articles into a single volume, Iowa Railroads provides the most complete history of Iowa's rail heritage.
The Grand Western Railroad Game
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Author : Robert S. Farnsworth
language : en
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Release Date : 2017-12-11
The Grand Western Railroad Game written by Robert S. Farnsworth and has been published by Dorrance Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-11 with History categories.
The Grand Western Railroad Game By: Robert S. Farnsworth The Grand Western Railroad Game by Robert S. Farnsworth is a fascinatingly detailed story of the historical importance of Western railroads. It has been meticulously written to educate the reader on the intricacies involved in the creation and growth of the Rock Island System over the “Empire Years.” The railroad’s premium passenger train service even inspired the popular song “The Rock Island Line is a Mighty Fine Line.” To quote the author, “I wrote this book, not from just the viewpoint of a rail fan, hundreds of whom have diligently photographically documented the railroad’s passage through time, but from the viewpoint of a former employee and from the insights gained from a broad education in both the university and in the experience of a practiced transportation planner. I hope that the reader will learn from the stories told here that the workers tried valiantly to do their jobs, that the line’s managers were forced to play with the hand that was dealt to them from a less than full deck, and that investors expected to get a reasonable return on the often gigantic sums paid into the corporation. “I hope that the information contained within these covers leads others toward more detailed studies of the railroads and of the conditions in which they survived, if not prospered.”
Manual Of The Railroads Of The United States
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
Manual Of The Railroads Of The United States written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with categories.
Steel Trails Of Hawkeyeland
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Author : Don L. Hofsommer
language : en
Publisher: Railroads Past and Present
Release Date : 2005-06-29
Steel Trails Of Hawkeyeland written by Don L. Hofsommer and has been published by Railroads Past and Present this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-29 with History categories.
A fully illustrated survey of Iowa's railroad experience.
Annual Report Of The Commissoiners I E Commissioners Of Railroads To The Governor Of North Dakota For The Year Ending
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Author : North Dakota. Commissioners of Railroads
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
Annual Report Of The Commissoiners I E Commissioners Of Railroads To The Governor Of North Dakota For The Year Ending written by North Dakota. Commissioners of Railroads and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Public utilities categories.