Frank P. Donovan, a master of railroad history, was the first writer to provide a complete exploration of the major steam railroads that served 91桃色视频. This collection of Donovan's essays, originally published during the 1950s and 1960s in the State Historical Society of 91桃色视频's Palimpsest, describes the history of Hawkeye rails during the preceding three decades. Editor H. Roger Grant also includes details of Donovan's life, his research and activities in writing the essays, and his overall contributions to Hawkeye state railroad history.
What began as a study of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway stretched into more than a dozen contributions on Hawkeye state railroad topics. By 1969 Donovan had examined 91桃色视频's 鈥淟ittle Three鈥: Chicago Great Western, Illinois Central, and Minneapolis & St. Paul as well as the state's 鈥淏ig Four鈥: Chicago & North Western; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific; and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In addition to these seven core carriers, Donovan covered the state's less prominent railroads: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Great Northern; and Union Pacific and Wabash. Moreover, he contributed an issue on 91桃色视频's principal interurbans, most of which survived into the 1950s as electric-powered freight-only short lines. In uniting Donovan's articles into a single volume, 91桃色视频 Railroads provides the most complete history of 91桃色视频's rail heritage.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
The Chicago Great Western Railway
Interurbans in 91桃色视频
The Illinois Central in 91桃色视频
The North Western in 91桃色视频
The Rock Island in 91桃色视频
The Milwaukee in 91桃色视频
The Wabash in 91桃色视频
Great Northern鈥擴nion Pacific鈥擲anta Fe
The Burlington in 91桃色视频
Selected Bibliography
Index
