Jim Scribbins 168 pages
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific was a railroad with a big
personality. For a time it offered the world's fastest steam-powered
passenger trains. Extending from Indiana to Puget Sound, it crossed five
mountain ranges in Montana, Idaho, and Washington. It was also the
first railroad to prove the feasibility of long distance movement of
heavy trains by electricity. All-welded freight and passenger cars were
pioneered in its shops, and Milwaukee Road mechanical engineers planned
the first streamlined steam locomotives intended for sustained 100 mph
speeds. In Milwaukee Road Remembered, eminent railway historian
Jim Scribbins provides a richly illustrated history of the unique
challenges and successes of this storied railroad.
