The Hiawatha Story (Milwaukee Road)
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (970 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000H0UTAO |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 267 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
That train nearly was called the Flash or the A.I. Polite politics produced instead Hiawatha No better name could have been chosen, no finer trains operated. Out of the fleet emerged a train, Milwaukee Road's entry in the urgent Chicago-Twin Cities speed competition. Then a fleet. The Hiawatha Story - at first there was a single experimental coach. Hiawatha was a genre of imperishable passenger-car memories. In this book, the writers who knows it best brings it all back.
"Interesting information, on the origins of the Hiawatha" according to Keith Hahn. Recently acquired a beautiful N Scale Hiawatha passenger train. This book has provided me with the informationI need, in order to locate the extra cars, needed to complete a full train. Includes a nice, detailed story of how thetrain was created, and how the consist evolved over the years. Covers the success of the early, a. D. S. said A most welcome reprint of the 1970 classic. This is the paperback republication of Jim Scribbins' classic 1970 "The Hiawatha Story". A decade ago I was happy to obtain the original hardcover at many times the price of this new paperback. As the standard text on this subject, its republication is most welcome.While the production of the new book is excellent, its wide. The Hiawatha Story Review Overall the book provides a good history of the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha passenger trains. There are lots of good B&W photos to go along with the text. It is not quite as good as the author's book on the The Hiawatha Story Review Kenneth Debacker Overall the book provides a good history of the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha passenger trains. There are lots of good B&W photos to go along with the text. It is not quite as good as the author's book on the 400 trains of the rival North Western. The 400 Story had more maps and seemed to be better written. The book covers the or. 00 trains of the rival North Western. The The Hiawatha Story Review Kenneth Debacker Overall the book provides a good history of the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha passenger trains. There are lots of good B&W photos to go along with the text. It is not quite as good as the author's book on the 400 trains of the rival North Western. The 400 Story had more maps and seemed to be better written. The book covers the or. 00 Story had more maps and seemed to be better written. The book covers the or