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First Ninety Years, The Burlington Railroad 1850-1940 An Historical sketch SC
The First Ninety Years Burlington Railroad 1850-1940 An Historical sketch by R C Overton 1940 40 pages
First Ninety Years Burlington Railroad 1850-1940 by B.C. Overton Soft Cover
The First Ninety Years
An Historical Sketch of the Burlington Railroad 1850-1940
R. C. Overton
Pages 40
Soft Cover
Copyright 1940 Chicago Illinois
Contents
I. Forging the Burlington System
Forerunner: The Aurora Branch 3
Eastern Dollars and Western Optimism:
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy in Illinois 5
First Rails to the Missouri River:
The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad 7
Westward to the Rockies:
The Burlington and Missouri River Railroads 9
Northwestward to Grain and Lumber:
The Twin Cities Line 12
Expansion and Consolidation 13
II. Building a Western Community
The Railroad, the Metropolis and the Prairie Town 15
Federal Encouragement: The Land Grants 17
Advertising the Great West 18
Colonizing the Prairies 24
Agricultural Development 26
The Railway and the Worker 27
Community Development in the Twentieth Century 29
III. Creating the Modern Railroad
The Railroad's Changing Role 31
Research 32
RoadBed and Signals 33
Steam Motive Power 34
Diesel Motive Power 36
Equipment 36
Service 38
Conclusion 39
About the Book
The Burlington system is proud of the fact that for 90 years its service has become steadily safer, more rapid and more adaptable to the increasingly diverse needs of the shipping and traveling public. There are many reasons for the company's record of progress. From the beginning, a consistently conservative management has sought to keep capitalization low, to plow profits back into the transportation plant and to finance new ventures from earnings; as a result, the Burlington has never defaulted upon or compromised an obligation. At the same time, there has been a liberal disposition
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