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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherTLC Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-101883089719
ISBN-139781883089719
eBay Product ID (ePID)2249137
Product Key Features
Book TitleMissouri Pacific Passenger Trains : the Postwar Years
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicRailroads / General, Railroads / History
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation
AuthorPatrick C. Dorin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight29.8 Oz
Item Length11.3 in
Item Width8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-101138
SynopsisThis volume give and overview of Missouri Pacific passenger trains and service in the years beginning with the first streamlined trains on the line and ending with the arrival of Amtrak in May 1971. It looks at operations and equipment of these trains and includes over 100 b/w and color photos plus car diagrams, drawings, maps, reproduced timetables and advertising material., 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 of colorful passenger trains in the years between World War II and Amtrak. Photographs, car diagrams, drawings, maps, timetables and consists, and advertising material round out this colorful history.
This book contains many vintage photos - not all as clear as the digital ones we are used to today, but many different cars and engines. A good guide to inspire a modeler.