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Chicago and North Western Passenger Service Postwar Years by Dorin Hard cover
Chicago and North Western Passenger Service Postwar Years by Dorin
Chicago and North Western Passenger Service
The Postwar Years
Patrick C. Dorin
Hard Cover
128 Pages
Copyright 2000
Contents
2 PROLOGUE
A Passenger Service From the Late 1930s Until Amtrak
4 CHAPTER ONE
The Route of the Unsung Heroes - Limiteds, Expresses and More
20 CHAPTER Two
The Route of the "400's"
36 CHAPTER THREE
The Overland Route
52 CHAPTER FOUR
The Route of the "Challengers"
62 CHAPTER FIVE
Scoots, Commuter Streamliners and Metra
72 CHAPTER SIX
Local Passenger Train Services
86 CHAPTER SEVEN
Dining and Lounge Car Services
90 CHAPTER EIGHT
Mail and Express
94 CHAPTER NINE
C&NW Color Gallery
108 CHAPTER TEN
Business Car Trains and Passenger Extras
116 EPILOGUE
Amtrak - More Than Meets the Eye
118 APPENDIX
C&NW Passenger Equipment Rosters
From the pine trees of northern Michigan to the palm trees of southern California, the Chicago & North Western's fleet of passenger trains was an important postwar travel link throughout much of the western United States. Read about the fast 400's, the Overland Route, the C&NW's important role in the development of commuter rail and more in this thoroughly illustrated narrative.
128 PAGES
OVER 175 BLACK & WHITE
AND COLOR PHOTOS
ROSTERS
TIMETABLE AND ADVERTISEMENT REPRODUCTIONS
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