The 400 Story: Chicago & North Western'S Premier Passenger Trains [Audiobook] download free by Jim Scribbins
- Listen audiobook: The 400 Story: Chicago & North Western'S Premier Passenger Trains
- Author: Jim Scribbins
- Release date: 2008/8/6
- Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Transportation
- ISBN: 9780816654499
- Rating: 9.84 of 10
- Votes: 864
- Review by: Oliver Hurd
- Review rating: 9.78 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/2
- Duration: 2H56M9S in 256 kbps (46.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-02
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: OPUS, FLAC, Vorbis, AIFF, MP3, MPEG4, WAV, WMA (compression IMG, RAR, DMG, LZO, EML, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 232
- Includes a PDF summary of 26 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 20M (5.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Three midwestern railroads introduced luxury passenger service in 1935, competing for Chicago-Twin Cities business and leisure travelers. Chicago and North Westernu2019s modern, sleek, and fast rail line began with a conventional steam-powered train dubbed the u201c400u201d and named after its ambitious schedule: u201c400 miles in 400 minutes.u201d In 1939, it evolved into an even faster diesel-powered streamlined train, eventually expanding into a fleet of streamliners that served Wisconsin, Minnesota, and upper Michigan. The 400 Story captures the excitement of this era, tracing the rise and fall of the premier passenger system that made u201cTwin Cities 400u201d a household term in the upper Midwest. Jim Scribbins had a lifetime career at Milwaukee Road and is the author of The Hiawatha Story (Minnesota, 2006) and four other books about upper midwestern railroads. He lives in West Bend, Wisconsin.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Trains & Railways
- Download servers: Microsoft OneDrive, Hotfile, FreakShare, FilesAnywhere, Firedrop, Dropbox, MEGA. Compressed in IMG, RAR, DMG, LZO, EML, ZIP
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 35.12 USD
- Dimensions: 216x279x12.19mm
- Weight: 662.24g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Minnesota, United States
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