PASSENTER
TRAINS OF DENVER
THE DECADE BEFORE AMTRAK: 1960-1970 |
| by John D. Mummert |
| Part #SOP827 |
N Scale Supply Price; $19.95 |
64 pages,softcover
ISBN: 978-0-942035-82-7
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| This book
provides an informative review of passenger train service to Colorado's
Mile High City in the last full decade before the start of Amtrak
in 1971. Synopsis histories are provided for Denver Union Station
and for every passenger train from six major railroads (AT&SF,
CB&Q, CRI&P, D&RGW, MP and UP) that operated into
Denver during this era. A brief overall operational history is
provided for each train, plus sample equipment consists from different
years -- illustrating the rise and fall of some of the most famous
passenger trains to operate across the western United States.
Also included is a timeline showing the gradual demise of train
service to Union Station, plus an example of why passenger service
to Denver became a matter of nostalgia versus profitability. More
than 50 black and white photographs by the author and others add
to this tribute to the last years of commercial passenger train
service to the base of the Rocky Mountains. |
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