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Great Western Railway, The by Kenneth Jessen Soft Cover
The Great Western Railway by Kenneth Jessen
Soft Cover
150 pages
Copyright 2007 FIrst Edition
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTIONVVI
CHAPTER 11
Need for the Great Western Railway
Transport harvested beets, equalize the load between factories, haul raw materials to the factories and transport refined sugar for interchange with common carriers. Evolution of the beet dump and factory unloading facilties.
CHAPTER 219
History of the Beet-Sugar Industry
Early experiments with sugar beets, construction of the first factory, formation of the Great Western Sugar Company and construction of the first Great Western Sugar Factory in Loveland. Construction of other factories in Northern Colorado.
CHAPTER 325
Construction of the Great Western Railway
The Denver & Great Western, chronological sequence of track laying, first inspection trip and purchase of first locomotives.
CHAPTER 453
Great Western Expands through Acquisition
Background of the Denver, Laramie & Northwestern and subsequent purchase of part of the line by the Great Western.
CHAPTER 557
Passenger Service on the Great Western
The first passenger car combine No. 100, Fairbanks - Morse motorcar, McKeen motorcars and the end of regularly scheduled passenger service.
CHAPTER 665
Purchase of the Last Steam Locomotives
No. 90 involved in accidents and the purchase of the line's only Alco, No. 60.
CHAPTER 779
Rolling Stock, Depots, Blizzards and Engine House Fire
Beet gondolas, cabooses, maintenance of way equipment, ditchers, blizzard of 1913 and 1940 engine house fire.
CHAPTER 899
Diesels Arrive on the Great Western
The purchase of five diesel-electric locomotives marking the end of exclusive steam locomotive power.
CHAPTER 9109
Excursion Service and Movie Roles
Use of Nos. 75 and 51 in movies, No. 51 used for excursion service and the last steam-powered revenue freight.
CHAPTER 10 123
Recent Great Western History
Line sold to Mid Rail, sold again to OmniTRAX, Loveland Locomotive Works, L.L.C., and the rail removed from the Eaton Branch.
APPENDIX A131
Construction of Great Western Sugar factories
APPENDIX B132
Locomotive and Motor Car specifications
APPENDIX C137
OmniTRAX
APPENDIX D138
Decline of the Great Western Sugar Company
APPENDIX E139
Terminology used in this book
APPENDIX F140
Great Western Railway TimeTable No. 9
BIBLIOGRAPHY 143
INDEX 145
ON THE BACK COVER:
The Great Western Railway was a subsidiary of the Great Western Sugar Company. The railroad was designed to bring freshly harvested sugar beets in from the fields of north-central Colorado to selected Great Western factories for processing. It also hauled raw materials to the factories and delivered refined sugar to common carriers. With such a specialized purpose, it is a tribute to the short line that it still survives today. This book ok provides an overview of the railroad from beginning to modern times.
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