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24: 152:. Unusually for the period, the Milwaukee Road constructed all the passenger equipment in its own shops, and Scribbins devotes considerable space to describing this equipment in detail, with many illustrative photographs. Scribbins also describes the work done to prepare the 177:, which at the time the book was published in 1970 was still in operation. The popularity of the train led the Milwaukee Road to apply the "Hiawatha" brand to other routes, and Scribbins tells the history of these as well: 476: 486: 261:: "The book clearly conveys the impression of an effort to perfect it for its own sake that is the mark of the best scholarship of any sort." At its annual meeting in 1971 the 382: 257: 120: 481: 466: 129:, from its creation in 1934–1935 up through 1970. The book also covered the various other Milwaukee Road trains which carried the name "Hiawatha." 145: 201:. Throughout, Scribbins pays close attention to the operation details as well as the rolling stock. Famous Milwaukee Road products such as the 241:
and called it "worthy of some attention by the serious student of American railroading." Overton wrote that while Scribbins had included much
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in 1970. The dust jacket featured a watercolor by Gil Reid, art director at Kalmbach, called "Roaring Through Rondout", depicting a
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as part of its Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage series. In place of Reid's watercolor is a nighttime photograph of a
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in 1934–1935. The Milwaukee Road created the train to compete with streamliners then under development by the
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is a 1970 non-fiction book on railroad history by Jim Scribbins, then an employee of the
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The original 1970 cover, featuring the watercolor "Roaring Through Rondout" by Gil Reid
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is organized chronologically. It begins with the construction of the first
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regularly operated at speeds over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
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ever built, which operated on several "Hiawatha" routes.
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History of rail transportation in the United States
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Index


Kalmbach Publishing
University of Minnesota Press
OCLC
91468
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Hiawatha
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago
Twin Cities
Twin Cities Hiawatha
Chippewa-Hiawatha
Midwest Hiawatha
North Woods Hiawatha
Olympian Hiawatha
Beaver Tail
Skytop Lounge
Pullman-Standard
Super Domes
dome cars
Richard C. Overton
Technology and Culture
railfan
RQ
George W. Hilton
Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin
Wisconsin Historical Society
Kalmbach Publishing
Milwaukee Road class A

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