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Milwaukee Road Olympian by Stan Johnson A Ride to Remember W/dust jacket
Milwaukee Road Olympian by Stan Johnson A Ride to Remember
The Milwaukee Road Olympian
A Ride to Remember
Stan Johnson
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket Reflection from the lights on some photos
331 Pages
Copyright 2001
Contents
Introduction 1
Setout 1: "Perse"7
Chapter 1: Before You Hear "All Aboard"9
Setout 2: "There's No Place Like Home"27
Chapter 2: Off on the Right Foot: Chicago's Union Station29
Setout 3: "Tiptoeing Across the Diamonds"49
Chapter 3: The Land of Hiawatha51
Setout 4: "Coffee by the Book"87
Chapter 4: Where the Grass Whispers Secrets89
Setout 5: "Holidays"119
Chapter 5: Hoofbeats, Drumbeats, and Prairie Ghosts121
Setout 6: "Trails, Rails, and Roads"147
Chapter 6: Electrified and Smooth as Glass149
Setout 7: "Neither Here nor There"179
Chapter 7: Challenging the Rockies 181
Setout 8: "Nicknames"201
Chapter 8: Train Races, Bearmouths, and Hell Gates203
Setout 9: "Tea Time on the Olympian"225
Chapter 9: Trestles, Tunnels, and Trolley Wires227
Setout 10: "Souvenirs"259
Chapter 10: Steaming Through the Gap261
Setout 11: "Medal of Honor"291
Chapter 11: Over the Mountains to the Sea293
Photo Credits 321
Index323
Inside Dust Jacket
A RIDE TO REMEMBER
Elegant, specially constructed cars, quiet and comfortable, with hand-finished and highly polished varnished mahogany wood trim; comfortable berths with heavy maroon privacy curtains softly swaying with the motion of the rails; tasteful upholstery and rugs in muted colors; gourmet meals served with grace and thoughtfulnessall these served as background for a ride that was not only unmatched but unforgettable. No train ride today comes close to the pre-world War II luxury trains in elegance, comfort, or pure passenger pleasure. And of all those luxury trains, none was finer than the Milwaukee Road's Olympian.
The Milwaukee Road Olympian: A Ride to Remember will make the oldest train fan remember and the youngest envy such memories. The book describes in detail what it was like to ride more than halfway across the country in 1941, the last year such trains ran before the effects of global conflict and change made them disappear forever.
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