CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN: IOWA IN THE MERGER DECADE by Philip R Hastings - 1986

Carstens Publications, 1986. 80 pp., Paperback, light wear to covers else very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Carstens Pub, Inc. NJ, 1986. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong format paperback with stapled spine and blue photographic cover. 8.5x11 with 80 pp. Filled with b/w photographs.

Carstens Pub. Inc.. Used - Good. Good condition. (Railroads, Trains) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

USA: Carstens Pub. Inc., 1986. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 80 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - The Chicago Great Western Railway (reporting mark CGW) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. It was founded by Alpheus Beede Stickney in 1885 as a regional line between St. Paul and the Iowa state line called the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad. Through mergers and new construction, the railroad, named Chicago Great Western after 1892, quickly became a multi-state carrier. One of the last Class I railroads to be built, it competed against several other more well-established railroads in the same territory, and developed a corporate culture of innovation and efficiency to survive. Nicknamed the Corn Belt Route because of its operating area in the midwestern United States, the railroad was sometimes called the Lucky Strike Road, due to the similarity in design between the herald of the CGW and the logo used for Lucky Strike cigarettes. In… Read More