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Milwaukee Shops Present Hiawatha First of the Speedliners Hard Cover Oversize
Hiawatha First of the Speedliners by Milwaukee Shops Inc. 1993 HC
Milwaukee Shops Present , Hiawatha First of the Speedliners
C.M.St.P.&P. R.R. Passenger Equipment Built by The Milwaukee Shops 1934-1935
Hiwatha First of the Speedliners
Milwaukee Shops Inc.
Hard Cover with Spiral Binding inside cover
139 Pages
Copyright 1993
Approx 17 34 X 11 1/4 inches
Contents
1 IN the BEGINNING
THE TRIAL TRIP
COACH 4000 AND THE PROGRESS COACH
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RIGHT OF - WAY
2 STREAMLINING INVADES THE MILWAUKEE ROAD
MILWAUKEE DEVELOPS UNUSUAL COACH DESIGN
WILDING DETAILS OF MILWAUKEE COACHES
3 BIRTH OF THE SPEEDLINER
LINING UP FOR THE SPEEDLINERS
THE NAMING OF THE HIAWATHA
THE TRIBE IS ASSEMBLEDPAINTING
THE SPEEDLINER SWIFT & COLORFUL
4 SWIFT OF FOOT WAS HIAWATHA
THE MILWAUKEE TYPE
MILWAUKEE STREAMLINED HIGH-SPEED LOCOMOTIVES
THE 6160 AND, CLASS F-3As LOCOMOTIVES
PAINTING THE MILWAUKEE TYPES
5 TRAIL OF THE HIAWATHA
HIAWATHA PRELUDE
THE HIAWATHA
HIAWATHA HERITAGE
6 EPILOGUE & SUPPLEMENTS
CHRONOLOGY
THE FUTURE OF LIGHTWEIGHT TRAIN GROWTH
CHANGES IN HIAWATHA CONSIST OVER TIME
ROSTER or CARS
From the Milw shops page
:Hiawatha - FIRST OF THE SPEEDLINERS a deluxe, hard cover, spiral bound book, detailing the development of lightweight passenger car construction by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad.
Milwaukee Shops 1934 - 1935
More than 130, 11" x 17" pages with over 220 photographs, most never before published, and 60 drawings illustrating:
The introduction of streamlining to the United States.
Prototype coaches 4000 and 4400 and the first 75 lightweight cars built by the Milwaukee Shops.
The development of the Milwaukee Road's first lightweight - high speed train: THE HIAWATHA.
HO scale plans and full color side elevations of all cars produced by the Milwaukee Shops 1934 - 1935, with later modified versions. Also included are THE HIAWATHA'S streamlined 4-4-2 locomotives, and relief locomotive #6160.
A photographic pictorial of THE HIAWATHA'S first 16 months of operation.
Later modifications and assignments of the 1934 - 1935 passenger equipment built by the Shops.
Plus 5 foldouts containing:
Original company floor plans and drawings of equipment.
Equipment assignments.
System map showing routes where the original lightweight equipment was used.
MILWAUKEE SHOPS INC. proudly presents it's first volume of Milwaukee Road passenger equipment containing the complete history of the Milwaukee Road's lightweight passenger cars built in 1934 - 1935 by it's Milwaukee Shops.
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