Morning Sun Books 1729 Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger In Color Volume 2: More Pre-Merger Milwaukee and the Merged Soo Line

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Morning Sun Books 1729 Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger In Color Volume 2: More Pre-Merger Milwaukee and the Merged Soo Line

Jerry A. Pinkepank

Continuing the coverage of Milwaukee Road operations with the Montana and Pacific Northwest lines, the Sioux City/Council Bluffs line, and the Kansas City line! The Montana coverage includes a detailed survey of electric operations from the author’s 1968 visit. Also featured is the perspective of the author’s position as Soo’s AVP Operations Planning. A detailed account of the author’s dynamometer car test of GP59/B32-8 demonstrators details operations from Minneapolis through Milwaukee and Chicago to Ottumwa on the Kansas City line, and the background of the acquisition of the iconic Soo SD60s. Included is a detailed look at the Wisconsin Central before its acquisition by Canadian National. Concludes with coverage of the Chicago-Terre Haute-Louisville operation.

Item #1729