The streamlined era on the Rock Island lasted 43 years, beginning with the delivery of the first reborn Rockets in 1937 and ending well beyond Amtrak with a Notice of Embargo on Trains 5 and 6, and 11 and 12 effective January 1, 1979. During the era, the Rock Island ran an extensive fleet of streamliners in many hues, coming from just about every major car and locomotive builder, and embraced a diverse array of rolling stock. The Rock Island presented the traveling public with many fine passenger trains, including the original 1937 Rockets, the streamlined 1948 Golden State and the seasonal, short-lived Arizona Limited. This is their story. Includes a system map, passenger locomotive roster, streamlined passenger car roster, 176 pages, 200+ b&amp;w and 56 color photographs with extensive captions, bibliography and index.

Route of the Rockets: Rock Island in the Streamlined Era

Engineering & Transportation

Stout, Greg

Transportation

White River

Beautifully done history of the streamline era on the Missouri Pacific Railway (and its subsidiary, the Texas & Pacific). Once again the colorful Eagle fleet takes to the road and we follow the Eagle Blue and Mist Gray streamliners as they reach from Denver to Texas and, through connecting service, to New York, California and even Mexico City. This book covers not only the glory years but also the slow, painful retrenchment as interstate highways and airlines destroyed the passenger base until finally Amtrak took over in 1971. But in these pages, the Aztec Eagle, Valley Eagle, Delta Eagle and Colorado Eagle fly again and take the reader with them. With locomotive and passenger car rosters. Illustrated throughout with black and white and some color photos. 128 pages.

Route of the Eagles: Missouri Pacific in the Streamlined Era

What Would You Do? 
What would you do if you knew you knew you were being shipped off to the most remote part of the Midwest and you might never again see the ones you love?\nOne moment, he is discussing sports with friends after a great JV game, next moment he is on his way to a remote part of the Midwest spending his summer with a grandfather he barely knows because of a tragedy. His mom and dad are both career Navy, and both serving overseas, during the Vietnam War. Will he ever see them again? What will happen to him if they don't return? Then, as Connor tries to adjust to a small town in the middle of the Midwest, Goldenrod, Kansas, his fears of being banished to the middle of nowhere leads him to believe his life is over for good!\nIn Goldenrod, Kansas, his new home, Connor knows the baseball fans came out to see who the new kid is that knocked out the team's best player. Can he win them over? Will he be here long enough to make lifelong friends, something he has been dreaming of for a very long time?\nAnd to make everything worse, Connor finds himself in love with the girlfriend of the town's "best baseball player and town bully"!\nConnor is troubled by his frightening thoughts of losing his newfound love, his parents, and his grandfather, all in one summer. He becomes overwhelmed with questions of life's purpose. Will his conscience allow him to do whatever is needed to be the young man he wants to be, or will tragedy stop him in his tracks?\nFollow Connor's journey from San Francisco, California to Goldenrod, Kansas and from his childhood to becoming a young man.

Connor's War

Literature & Fiction

Beacon Publishing Group

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Route of the Rockets: Rock Island in the Streamlined Era

Route of the Eagles: Missouri Pacific in the Streamlined Era

Connor's War