This exciting period plus a 1950s retrospective of steam and first generation diesel provide the theme of this new book
Follow the Route of the Olympian Hiawatha west from Chicago Union Station to the western edge of the Iowa border
Steam expert Lloyd Stagner skillfully narrates the story of this steam stronghold from class-to-class taking the reader through over 200 in-service photos in the yards and on the road
They photographed everything from vanishing steam and brand new diesels to hobos riding atop moving box cars
By Bob Davis
Western States Trolleys In Color Equipment This exciting period plus aEd Ridolph Rare glimpses of long gone traction operations in Dallas, El Paso, Oklahoma City, Sand Springs, Sapulpa, Miami, McAlester, Coffeyville, Overland Park, Bonner Springs, Kansas City, Omaha, Twin Cities, Valley City, Denver, Fort Collins, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Phoenix, Anaconda, and Portland. Item # 1627 November 1, 2017 RELEASE