Yesterday the book "Hiawatha- Nothing Faster On Rails" arrived and it is very nice! If you're interested I suggest that you order one soon. Supplies are limited!
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Thanks, John. I've been waiting for that book to be released.
Bob
John: Got mine the other day and, you're right; it is a great book! Huge size, coffee table book with spiral binding. Photos and plans for every car and engine design used by the Milwaukee Road from 1936 through 1942. Believe it or not, the railroad had actually designed and built three complete changes in passenger cars and engines in just those six years. In the meantime, their shops were turning out freight cars (Remember the famous rib-sided box cars? they built over 13,500 of these.) and cabooses.
This book doesn't even cover the first series of streamlined passenger cars that made up the original Hiawathas in 1934 and 1935, nor the famous Brooks Stevens designed post war Hiawathas and Olympian Hiawathas. These later cars will be covered by the next of the three books. I would love to acquire one of the first series, Volume 1 books, but those are being sold on line for over $200 bucks a copy. Too rich for my pocketbook.
Lot's of hard effort from a host of knowledgeable people went into the production of this book and it is a milestone as RR oriented books go.
Paul Fischer
Paul, By pure luck I bought volume one last Saturday for $30 at an antique store! I was blown away!
Ain't that the truth! The cheapest one that I could find was hovering at $700. They look like very nice books. I hope you all enjoy them.quote:I would love to acquire one of the first series, Volume 1 books, but those are being sold on line for over $200 bucks a copy. Too rich for my pocketbook.
The new book is a very fair $100 considering its quality, size and huge amount of information.
I'll bet you were blown away! Wow, what a deal. i ordered my Vol II at pre-release prices, about $85 bucks as I recall, and I thought that was a good deal. I wonder when the post war volume will be ready: Probably not for a few years from now. That one will be of particular interest to me because Brooks Stevens was a personal friend of mine and his son, David and I rescued the "Cedar Rapids" Skytop lounge observation car back in 1970. that car has had an interesting history, being restored at least four times in the last forty years.
Paul Fischer
RoyBoy: The book is available through the Milwaukee Road Historical Association. If you are not a member of the association, you probably should be. They publish an excellent, quarterly magazine called "The Milwaukee Railroader" which is the best of all the various railroad oriented magazines. Heavy enameled paper stock, full color (except, of course, the historical photos from before color was available) in addition to various books, and annual calendar and and annual convention at different locations. There is also an excellent forum that they sponsor on the internet.
Paul fischer
