Books written by Mike Schafer
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The Complete Book of North American Railroading
... Bill, 188, 189 Garrison, New York, 99 Gary, Indiana, 126,326,342 Gateway Western Railway, 76 General Electric, 120, ... 339 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 143, 145, 188, 189, 303 Harrodsburg, Indiana, 11, 183 Harry S. Truman drawbridge, ...
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Rockford Area Railroads
Two other smaller railways, the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Gary and the Rockford and Interurban, also played a part in Rockfords railroad history and are spotlighted in this volume.
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Rockford Area Railroads
( Photograph by T. V. Maguire ; BLc . ) Mountain 2458 curves into the Rockford Station at midday early in the 1950s . The rake of refrigerator cars— “ reefers ” in railroad lingo — is a sure indication that this is meat train No.
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Complete Book of North American Railroading
This book, spanning nearly two centuries, offers an exhilarating tour of the railways’ inroads into the economy, society, and culture of North America.
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Classic American Railroads
This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s.
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Caboose
Mike Schafer offers this full-color gallery filled with caboose history and development, plus interior and exterior design details, and discussion of the life of a railroad conductor who lives in cabooses.
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Rockford Area Railroads
Two other smaller railways, the Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary and the Rockford and Interurban, also played a part in Rockford's railroad history and are spotlighted in this volume.
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Rockford & Interurban Railway
Organized by former Rockford residents Jim Boyd and Mike Schafer, the North Western Illinois Chapter of the National Railway ... in northern Illinois— including Chicago—and southern Wisconsin, but especially Rockford-area railroads.
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Classic American Railroads
... MIDDLETON . 1920s . With this in mind , Budd collaborated with General Motors ' Electro - Motive Corpora- tion on developing a diesel engine suitable for locomotion . EMC did just that , and the new engine was placed within the Zephyr ...
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Classic American Streamliners
... Zephyr , Afternoon Zephyr , Morning Hiawatha , After- noon Hiawatha , the Pioneer Limited , or the Twin Cities " 400 ... Middleton . 111 tapping Wisconsin's largest city , Milwaukee , before striking.
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More Classic American Railroads
In the latest mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd, World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford investigates an old murder that occurred during her childhood in India, a search for the truth that will transform ...
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My Milwaukee Road
My Milwaukee Road
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The American Passenger Train
From the Santa Fe "Super Chief" to modern Amtrak high-speed intercity services, this sprawling photographic history rambles through two centuries of passenger trains and presents a wealth of archival imagery and period color photos. 200 ...
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All Aboard Amtrak: 1971-1991
All Aboard Amtrak: 1971-1991