175pp. bw and color photos, maps, reproductions. Red boards w crisp gold lettering and goldstamp figure to cover, gold lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Quarto.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Route of the Rockets: Rock Island in the Streamlined Era

Publisher

White River Productions, Hart, MA, USA

Publication Date

1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

0965904008

ISBN 13

9780965904001

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

Seller catalogs

Railway / Marine / Transport and Transportation

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Synopsis

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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