books: missouri railroad

books: missouri railroad

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Missouri railroad

A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck (Missouri Biography Series)(Missouri Biography Series)

Joel P. Rhodes

University of Missouri Press, 2008

An extensively researched biography of business entrepreneur and self-taught railroader Louis Houck
Joel P. Rhodes (Associate Professor of History, Southeast Missouri State University) presents A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck, an extensively researched biography of business entrepreneur and self-taught railroader Louis Houck, who not only built ...

Caroline Quarlls and the Underground Railroad (Badger Biographies Series)
Julia Pferdehirt

Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2008

On July 4th, 1842, Caroline Quarlls left family, friends, and the only life she?d known behind in St. Louis, Missouri. As the child of a slave mother and a slave owner father, her young life was one of drudgery and obedience until that fateful Independence Day when she illegally took a steamboat across the Mississippi River from St. Louis to ...

Kansas City and the Railroads: Community Policy in the Growth of a Regional Metropolis
Charles N. Glaab

University Press Of Kansas, 1993

Kansas City was only one of several trading centers along the Missouri river in the mid-nineteenth century. And not the largest at that. But it expanded rapidly into the region's leading commercial city while nearby towns showed only moderate growth or were absorbed by their suddenly urban neighbor. Why did Kansas City take off while the others ...

Missouri Pacific Passenger Trains: The Postwar Years
Patrick C Dorin

TLC Publishing, 2002

Ideal for passenger train buffs, MoPac fans and modelers, this overview of Missouri Pacific passenger trains and service tells the complete story since the first streamlined trains to travel the line, to the arrival of Amtrak in 1971. Nicknamed the Route of the Eagles, it spanned from the Midwest all the way to Mexico and operated a diverse fleet ...

The Rebirth of the Missouri Pacific, 1956-1983

H. Craig Miner

Texas a & M Univ Pr, 1984

A superb work on recent railroad history
This book gives a good look at the forces that shaped the Missouri Pacific Railroad during its final era, from job forces, line acquisitions and locomotives to corporate doings and "pleasing the stockholders." It also includes excellent black-and-white photographs and ...

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis In Color
Greg Stout

Morning Sun, Scotch Plains, NJ, 2007

128 all color pages, 8.5x11", cloth with dust jacket. "This busy switching road serviced St. Louis Union Station and numerous yards and trackage in the St. Louis area. Many trunk lines (PRR, NYC, MP, MKT, Wabash, etc.) utilized the TRRA and their trains are also illustrated in vintage color dating back to the early 1950s."

Geological report of the country along the line of the southwestern branch of the Pacific Railroad, State of ...
Michigan Historical Reprint Series

Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 2005

This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program.

Missouri Pacific Lines

Patrick C. Dorin

TLC Publishing, 2000

MOPAC FREIGHT TRAINS-EXCELLENT!!
GREAT HISTORY, EXCELLENT PHOTO QUALITY, WELL BOUND, THICK,QUALITY PAGE STOCK. THE MOPAC RR AS I REMEMBER IT GROWING UP.

Katy Power: Locomotives and Trains of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, 1912-1985

Joe G. Collias

Mm Books, 1986

The best KATY RR book on the market today!
-A superb piece of work from Katy expert Raymond George and Joe Collias, the dean of Missouri railroading. Heavily illustrated history of the M-K-T railroad, featuring locomotives, trains, structures and cabooses. A joy to read for anyone with affection for the ...