Chicago Great Western Railway

Author : David J. Fiore
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738540481
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chicago Great Western Railway written by David J. Fiore and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW) was a Midwestern line that operated in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska for 83 years. This book provides nostalgic images and photographs of the operations, employees, locomotives, and stations of a little railroad that is now only a memory.

Author : David J. Sr. Fiore
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531624286
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicago Great Western Railway written by David J. Sr. Fiore and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW) was a Midwestern line that operated in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska. Although this territory was served by much larger systems, the CGW was able to retain its share of passenger and freight business for 83 years through aggressive management, dedicated employees, innovations, and efficient operations. By the early 1960s, however, the growth of the trucking industry and airlines had taken away a substantial amount of the business previously handled by railroads. The CGW would not survive as operating costs increased while revenues declined. The only solution was to consolidate with another railroad, and a favorable agreement was reached with the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW). At 12:01 a.m. Monday, July 1, 1968, the CGW ceased to exist, as it became part of the C&NW. Since that time, much of the system has been abandoned, and today only a few segments of former CGW trackage remain in service. This book provides nostalgic images and photographs of the operations, employees, locomotives, and stations of a little railroad that is now only a memory.

Author : Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of Chicago Great Western Railroad Company for the Ten Months Ended ... written by Chicago Great Western Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tom Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616731540
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicago & North Western Railway written by Tom Murray and published by . This book was released on with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time it was merged into the Union Pacific in 1995, the Chicago & North Western was one of the nations oldest surviving railroads, a testament to the Midwestern stoicism with which it had gone about its business since 1859. This illustrated history chronicles how C&NW emerged from a collection of regional carriers to become a strategic link between eastern railroads and the West. Author Tom Murray traces the railroads expansion as it extended secondary lines throughout the Midwest. He also explores C&NWs joint ownership of UP passenger trains and describes how the railroad answered challenges from regional rivals with the "400" series of passenger trains. As fascinating as the story are the hundreds of accompanying illustrations--historical photographs, archival images, route maps, and period print ads. The result is an entertaining and informative history of an iconic Midwestern railroad--a narrative that spans the decades from the 1850s to the 1990s and takes in steam and diesel motive power, freight and passenger operations, and all the key characters, events, and deals that figured in the Chicago & North Westerns rise and eventual demise.

Author : J. H. McClement
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Past History, Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company ... written by J. H. McClement and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher : Railroads in America
ISBN 13 : 9780875800950
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corn Belt Route written by H. Roger Grant and published by Railroads in America. This book was released on 1984 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicago Great Western Railroad was a spunky midwestern carrier that contributed mightily to the transportation industry. The 1,500-mile CGW, built by the iconoclastic and ambitious A. B. Stickney, proved to be exceptionally innovative as it developed new ways to compete with larger railroads. Pitted against tough, determined competitors, the CGW during its eighty-five years made innovations that changed the history of American transportation. Among the pioneering activities for which the Great Western is remembered are the early use of internal combustion equipment, the hauling of truck trailers atop flatcars ("piggy-backs"), and the use of extremely long freight trains. Indeed, much of the railroad's past supports the notion that smaller, less-established carriers like the CGW frequently stimulated changes in industry thinking and practices. In spite of its innovations, the path of the Great Western, sometimes called the "Great Weedy," did not always run smoothly. In the 1930s, John W. Barriger III quipped, "The Chicago Great Western is a mountain railroad in a prairie country serving a traffic vacuum." Such a negative assessment was not uncommon for this Granger pike, which in fact climbed some steep grades and owned a long tunnel. And while the road did not operate in a "traffic vacuum," its competitors were well entrenched and robust. By 1903, the CGW served the strategic gateways of Chicago, Kansas City, Minneapolis-St. Paul, St. Joseph, and Omaha. Between Chicago and the Twin Cities alone, the company competed with six other roads. When the Chicago & North Western acquired the Great Western in 1968, one of America's most imaginative railroads disappeared. The Corn Belt Route is the first scholarly treatment of the Chicago Great Western Railroad, a company that has long intrigued the railfan, whether collector, modeler, photographer, or historian. Richly illustrated, this book tells the lively story of one of the great small railroads that once served the Midwest.

Author : Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company written by Chicago Great Western Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert P. Olmsted
Publisher : McMillan Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prairie Rails written by Robert P. Olmsted and published by McMillan Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1979 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780875802145
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The North Western written by H. Roger Grant and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a history of the Chicago & North Western Railway system from its beginnings in 1848 until its sale to the Union Pacific, exploring the growth of the company and its role in shaping the West.

Author : Mike Schafer
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 076031649X
Total Pages : 172 pages
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Download or read book Classic American Railroads written by Mike Schafer and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Full color.