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Chicago Great Western in Minnesota, The by Bee Browne & Luecke w/ dustj Jacket
Chicago Great Western in Minnesota, The by Roger Bee, Gary F Browne & John C Luecke (SIGNED BY J LUECKE)
Includes the Winona & Southwestern, Duluth Red Wing & Southern & the Minnesota Central
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket (HAS PLASTIC PROTECTIVE COVERING)
107 pages
Copyright 1984
CONTENTS
1. The Minnesota Central 3
2. The Minnesota & Northwestern 13
3. The Duluth Red Wing & Southern 21
4. The Winona and Southwestern29
5. The Chicago Great Western 45
6. The Comeback and The Fall 69
7. Postscript 93
Index
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
The Chicago Great Western in Minnesota is the story of a railroad designed and built by Minnesotans to fight two of America's most powerful corporations, the Chicago & North Western and the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul.
A. B. Stickney, the driving force behind the construction of the Great Western, believed that southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities were at the mercy of these two Chicago railroads and would remain so until he completed his railroad from St. Paul to Chicago. Motivated by high hopes and a desire to see everyone treated equally, Stickney pushed his railroad through to completion.
This is the story of Stickney's fight. The Great Western was always the little guy fighting the corporate giants. The fight for traffic was tough and the competition knew no bounds. For most of its life the Great Western was in financial difficulties. Nevertheless, the Chicago Great Western had tremendous staying power and remained a vital transportation company until the late 1960's.
The history of the Winona & Southwestern, the Duluth Red Wing & Southern, and the Minnesota Central, three railroads that would eventually become a part of the Chicago Great Western, is also included in this book.
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