No other American city had such a fascinating group of railroad passenger stations as Chicago. This book highlights Chicago's six major railroad stations and the trains that served them: Dearborn Station, Grand Central Station, Central Station, La Salle Street Station, North Western Station, and Union Station; and features name trains like Super Chief, Capitol Limited, City of New Orleans, 20th Century Limited, Broadway Limited, California Zephyr, Hiawatha, 400, and City of Denver. Includes maps, station drawings, ...
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No other American city had such a fascinating group of railroad passenger stations as Chicago. This book highlights Chicago's six major railroad stations and the trains that served them: Dearborn Station, Grand Central Station, Central Station, La Salle Street Station, North Western Station, and Union Station; and features name trains like Super Chief, Capitol Limited, City of New Orleans, 20th Century Limited, Broadway Limited, California Zephyr, Hiawatha, 400, and City of Denver. Includes maps, station drawings, timetables and promotional advertising.
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Maps. Photo Archive. Audience: General/trade. 2008 edition. Book is LIKE NEW. No marks or writing. Cover shows light wear
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Very good. Very good condition. No highlighting, writing or marks of any kind Clean covers and tight binding. Only slight wear to corners and spine-ends. Edges good, no scuffs, dings or tears.
The book is an excellent reference to the great Chicago train terminals of the fifties. The great name trains and the railroads using the stations, are listed in the book. Excellent historic photos bring the book together.
If you love rail history, and, that, especially of Chicago, the premier rail town of the USA, this is the book for you.