Railroads of Milwaukee: Steam, Diesel, Electrics, Lake Boats - Rilegato

Kelly, John

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0911581677 ISBN 13: 9780911581676

Casa editrice: Heimburger House Pub Co, 2015

Riassunto

In this new 264-page book, 68 pages of which are in full color, author John Kelly explores the fascinating history of the city's railroads, starting with the Milwaukee & Waukesha in 1847. By 1873 the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway--later the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific ("The Milwaukee Road") opened a line to Chicago and the railroad was on its way.

The Milwaukee Shops and the Hiawatha legend, Skytops and Super Domes, and the story behind designer Brooks Stevens, are also featured. Kelly supplies copious data on not only the Milwaukee Road, but also the Chicago & NorthWestern's freight and passenger service, including the 400 fleet. Kelly also writes about the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, America's Fastest Interurban, the Skokie Valley Route and Electroliners. In the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company section, he reviews streetcars, interurbans and trackless trolley buses.

With the inclusion of the Lake Boats, the Pere Marquette, Chesapeake & Ohio, and Grand Trunk Western RR's also come into the picture. In addition the book covers the Beer Line and the breweries, Milwaukee's meatpacking industry, Milwaukee's railroad stations and freight yards--a recipe for some great railroad reading.

Generously illustrated with 135 color and 362 black and white photos, maps and drawings, this limited edition volume will be available in hardcover and is a treasured keepsake for your library.

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L'autore:

John Kelly grew up in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where his dad's best friend, an engineer on the Chicago & NorthWestern, gave him and his brother occasional midnight cab rides on C&NW freight trains from Altoona to Elroy, Wisconsin. As a teenager, he enjoyed watching C&NW, Milwaukee Road and Soo Line trains come through his home town. Given his hobby of railroad history, John has written articles for Trains magazine, Trains.com, and Vintage Rails and has also authored a number of books on streamlined passenger trains, including Streamliners to the Twin Cities, Interurban Trains to Chicago, and Chicago Stations & Trains. In 2009, John co-authored Trains to Victory--America's Railroads in World War II--with Don Heimburger. Railroads of Milwaukee continues John's interest in Midwestern cities that offered passenger train service. His memories of the Milwaukee Road include photo outings to the Milwaukee Shops--in 1922 it was one of the largest rail car complexes in the United States--and diesel service facilities in the late 1970's. It was exciting to stand near the 35th Street Viaduct, he says, and take photos of the various locomotives and sprawling railroad yards. John is also a volunteer-docent for the innovative National Park Service-Amtrak partnership Trails & Rails program during the summer travel season. This program provides rail passengers with the educational opportunities that foster an appreciation of a selected region's natural and cultural heritage. He joined Trails & Rails in 2007, completing four years as a docent on Amtrak's famed Empire Builder between Chicago and Winona, Minnesota. In addition, he volunteers with the Center for Railroad Photography & Art in Madison, Wisconsin, archiving historic railroad images.

Roget V. Amato & Donald J. Heimburger

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

The history of Milwaukee is closely tied to the history of railroads. The City of Milwaukee arose from a collection of scattered settlements on a site familiar to the Native American tribes in eastern Wisconsin. Local historians attribute the name to a word derived from the Potawatomi tribe: they pronounced it “Mahn-ah-wauk,” meaning council grounds. A city charter was adopted in 1846, and the next year the Wisconsin legislature authorized a line from Milwaukee to Waukesha, with the first train running between those two cities on February 25, 1851. Two locomotives, the Wisconsin and the Iowa, doubleheaded the train which formally opened the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad, later named the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific.

The City of Beer has been dependent upon the railroads for decades, and therein lies a fascinating story of the riches that the railroads have brought to this jewel on Lake Michigan. Between the Milwaukee Road that had is enormous shops here, and the Chicago & NorthWestern that entered the city in 1866, when it acquired the Chicago & Milwaukee by lease, giving the C&NW a route from Chicago to Milwaukee, Milwaukee’s rails have remained shiny through continual use.

Then there was the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad, the famous Skokie Valley Route, with its speedliners between Milwaukee and Chicago, and also the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company with its some 20 electric lines within the city as well as across Wisconsin. Milwaukee has grown up with railroads, but in addition, the Lake Boats played an important role in ferrying freight cars and automobiles across Lake Michigan, beginning in 1897 when the Pere Marquette began car ferry service between Ludington and Milwaukee.

Freight trains, passenger trains, interurbans, lake boats run by railroad lines, electric street trollies and buses have all played a major role in Milwaukee’s past, and they are covered in this thorough, colorful tribute to the Brew City’s importance. Come aboard as we take a fascinating ride through time around this vital and important transportation hub.

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• Editore: Heimburger House Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0911581677
• ISBN 13: 9780911581676
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 264
• Redattore: Heimburger Donald