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Colorado Rail Annual #17 By Charles Albi 300+ photos w/ Dust jacket some maps
Colorado Rail Annual #17 By Charles Albi 280 Pages Copyright 1987
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
More than 300 photos MAP POCKET in the back with maps.
MAP POCKET INCLUDES: (This is all I found in the envelope)
Rock Island Yard maps Limon 1942 reverse side Roswell 1910, Goodland KS 1900
Limon 1913 / reverse Mother of Pearl photos
1881 Plat of Tennessee Pass Depot Grounds
Rock Island Nov 1891 timetable reprint. Rocky Mountain Limited timetable reprint
1893 Amended Definition Rocky Mountain
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Rocketing to the Rockies
by Michael C. Doty and E. M. "Mel" McFarland 9
Tennessee Pass
by Robert A. Le Massena 125
Last of the Birneys
by Ernest S. Peyton and Al Kilminster 231
Maps of the Rock Island and Tennessee Pass in pocket at back of book.
CONTENTS OF MAP PACKET
1. The Rock Island Mother-Of-Pearl Picture
2. Rock Island Yard Maps
Goodland, Kansas 1900
Roswell, Colorado 1910
Limon, Colorado 1913 & 1942
3. 1912 D&RG RR Location Map
Crane's Park to Red Cliff
4. 1881 Plat of Tennessee Pass Depot Grounds
5. 1893 Announcement of Rocky Mountain Ltd. (reprint)
6. R.I. Public Timetable 1891 (reprint)
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION:
Three aspects of Colorado railroad history are presented in Annual No. 17, all featuring carefully researched text and a fine variety of photos, most previously unpublished. We have included 15 FULL COLOR plates, the most in any of our Annuals, along with a wide array of timetables, maps and other illustrations to produce an outstanding volume which is in reality three complete works. ROCKETING TO THE ROCKIES by Michael Doty and E.M. "Mel" McFarland, is a detailed history of a century of Rock Island operations in Colorado, from construction to today's successor companies. Over 100 photos enhance the text along with track maps and timetables plus FULL COLOR reproductions of classic Rock Island advertising and two Fogg paintings. Special attention has been given to the colorful era of the Rocket trains when they were some of America's finest passenger trains. TENNESSEE PASS by Robert A. LeMassena examines the more than 100 years in which Rio Grande trains have struggled to crest the continental divide on Tennessee Pass. From the first narrow gauge line to today's mainline Royal Gorge Route, the full story is told in carefully researched text by Bob LeMassena, one of today's most respected railroad historians. Fully 130 illustrations support the fine text; profiles, tonnage ratings, location maps, employee timetables and a superb selection of photos, most previously unpublished and spanning the entire era from construction to current operations. LAST OF THE BIRNEYS combines a revision of the text of the classic Ft. Collins history by Ernest Peyton with a new group of photos from early operations to abandonment and rebirth in the 1980s. The exciting story of the line's restoration and current status is told in newly prepared text by Al Kilminster with photos tracing the long road back to the grand reopening. A color dust jacket by Howard Fogg completes this exciting Annual.
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