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Fascinating history of the Rock Island Railroad and its 43 year effort to bring streamlined service to its customers. The author provides a detailed look at the Rock Island's fleet of streamliners which came from just about every major car and locomotive builder and embraced a diverse array of rolling stock. The author also analyses the valiant effort that the Rock Island and its employees made to succeed and how several external factors defeated them. With locomotive and passenger car rosters. Illustrated throughout with color photos. With bibliography. 176 pages with extensive index.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. first printing. The streamlined era on the Rock Island lasted 43 years, beginning with the delivery of the first reborn Rockets in 1937 and ending well beyond Amtrak. 175 pages with color photographs, maps, car floor plans, rosters, and index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Book. Seller Inventory # 37767
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