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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Grand Western Railroad Game: The History of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroads: Volume I: The Empire Years: 1850 Up to the Great War

The Grand Western Railroad Game: The History of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroads: Volume I: The Empire Years: 1850 Up to the Great War

Farnsworth, Robert S.

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Publisher Price: $37.00

ISBN10: 1480927074
ISBN13: 9781480927070
Publisher: Dorrance Pub Co Inc
Published: Dec 11 2017
Pages: 726
Weight: 2.10
Height: 1.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The Grand Western Railroad Game by Robert S. Farnsworth is a fascinatingly detailed story of the historical importance of Western railroads. It has been meticulously written to educate the reader on the intricacies involved in the creation and growth of the Rock Island System over the Empire Years. The railroad's premium passenger train service even inspired the popular song The Rock Island Line is a Mighty Fine Line.

To quote the author, I wrote this book, not from just the viewpoint of a rail fan, hundreds of whom have diligently photographically documented the railroad's passage through time, but from the viewpoint of a former employee and from the insights gained from a broad education in both the university and in the experience of a practiced transportation planner. I hope that the reader will learn from the stories told here that the workers tried valiantly to do their jobs, that the line's managers were forced to play with the hand that was dealt to them from a less than full deck, and that investors expected to get a reasonable return on the often gigantic sums paid into the corporation.

I hope that the information contained within these covers leads others toward more detailed studies of the railroads and of the conditions in which they survived, if not prospered.

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