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Condition
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Brand
Unbranded
MPN
9780738541181
ISBN
9780738541181
Book Title
Iowa's Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad
Item Length
9.2in
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year
2006
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Item Height
0.3in
Author
John Tigges, James Shaffer
Genre
Photography, Transportation, History
Topic
Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Railroads / History, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Railroads / Pictorial
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
0.7 Oz
Number of Pages
128 Pages

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When talk began circulating in 1848 about the importance of railroads, the people of Cascade grew anxious. Without direct access to navigable rivers other than the Mississippi over 36 miles away, their community could very well fade from existence. They needed a railroad as soon as possible. The idea raced forward, with the backing of the Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad Company, or the River Road, which ran along the western bank of the Mississippi River and passed through Bellevue. Their hopes and dreams became reality in a three-foot-gauge line 31 years later, in 1879. In 1880, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway purchased the River Road, which included the narrow-gauge branch line to Cascade. Overjoyed at having a larger entity involved, anticipation for the widening of the rails to standard gauge grew quickly. This book relates the story from the beginning to its abandonment in 1936. Today Bellevue and Cascade survive as thriving small towns and are economically healthy. Despite the fact that 70 years have passed since the last spike was pulled, many people know of and recall Iowa's last narrow-gauge railroad.

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Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN-10
0738541184
ISBN-13
9780738541181
eBay Product ID (ePID)
56985348

Product Key Features

Book Title
Iowa's Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad
Author
John Tigges, James Shaffer
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Railroads / History, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Railroads / Pictorial
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Photography, Transportation, History
Number of Pages
128 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
0.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Tf25.C34t54 2006
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2006-933045
Dewey Decimal
385.5/029777
Series
Images of Rail Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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  • a great book on a great RR.

    A great book.

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  • Narrow gauge rails in the middle of Iowa !!

    I LOVE this book !! Full of the greatest pictures of an American treasure ! And the people who cared for this short-line treasure ! A modelers paradise! Gotta love the vine-covered bank ! Arcadia Publishing has its finger on the pulse of local America ! Each title is better than the one before !! Keep 'em coming ! Please !!!

  • Iowa's Last Narrow Gauge Railroad

    Narrow gauge buffs usually focus on legendary western railroads such as the D&RGW, RGS, or C&S. However, the mid-west had its share of narrow gauge short liens. This is a superb book to add to your collection even if mid-western railroads are not its main focus.