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The Hiawatha Story /

Loved for their radically new, streamlined look, the Hiawathas Art Deco engines were a hallmark of American industrial design. For Midwestern passengers from Chicago to Aberdeen, the Hiawatha represented speed, comfort, and luxury. From 1935 to 1970 it carried countless passengers and even more memo...

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Autor principal: Scribbins, Jim (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Edición:1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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490 0 |a Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series 
500 |a Includes index. 
500 |a Originally published: Milwaukee : Kalmbach, 1970. 
505 0 |a Speed -- Enter the Hi : "speedlined" became adjective -- From tip top tap to beaver tail : the train that netted $700,000 in a year -- Ribbed cars and 4-6-4's : what was unprecedented became astounding -- 100 hits 100 : a few figures for skeptics to mull over -- Diesels, war, and S.R.O. : an all-out war, all-out Hi's -- Famous 15 : the locomotive that sold the steam-powered Milwaukee Road on diesels -- Skytops and super domes : more diesels and enough new cars to make a 2 1/2-mile Hi -- Yellow paint and red ink : for President Crippen, "an unhappy task" -- North woods Hiawatha : the Hi that was the fisherman's friend -- Olympian Hiawatha : to fill a void, " a perfect train" -- Chippewa-Hiawatha : where aging Pacifics dimmed their headlights for deer. 
520 |a Loved for their radically new, streamlined look, the Hiawathas Art Deco engines were a hallmark of American industrial design. For Midwestern passengers from Chicago to Aberdeen, the Hiawatha represented speed, comfort, and luxury. From 1935 to 1970 it carried countless passengers and even more memories. Richly illustrated, The Hiawatha Story brings the design and history of this beloved rail fleet to life. 
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