Pacific Northwest Railroads of McGee and Nixon

Pacific Northwest Railroads of McGee and Nixon
Author: Richard Green
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1997
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 9780915370078

McGee & Nixon's lens & anecdotes captured more than the NORTHERN PACIFIC in the 'great' years of railroading. This volume, companion to THE NORTHERN PACIFIC of McGee & Nixon, also gives the reader a view into the Great Northern Railway; Union Pacific; more of the Northern Pacific Ry.; Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry., as well as the Milwaukee Road, as they served the Pacific Northwest states in the 1940's & 1950's - steam, diesel & electric! Historic photographs of the majestic trains that built the Pacific Northwest & then were gone, never to return. With 38 color plates showing the pride & glamour of those days for a total of 321 large photographs.

The Northern Pacific Railway of McGee and Nixon

The Northern Pacific Railway of McGee and Nixon
Author: Richard Green
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1996-06-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780915370108

THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY of McGee & Nixon. A fabulous photo excursion over the NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY during the years of super steam & struggling diesels - the 1930s into the mid 50s as seen through the lens of two of the NP's most famous photographers & historians, Warren McGee & Ron Nixon. Over 300 photographs, most full page. 290p. 2nd ed., hardcover, 1996. $49.95. (ISBN 0-915370-10-7). Coming soon, PACIFIC NORTHWEST RAILROADS of McGee & Nixon. Steam & diesel scenes of the 1930s through 1960 on the mainline railroads of the PACIFIC NORTHWEST in dramatic scenes by famous photographers Warren McGee & Ron Nixon. More than 300 photographs, most in large full page format, including color of first generation diesels, 280p. hardcover, 1997. $59.95. Also from publisher: LOGGING TO THE SALTCHUCK, Labbe & Replinger, 100+ year photographic history of Simpson Timber Co. & other Mason County, Washington State, logging railroads, hardcover, 1997, $45.95. (ISBN 0-915370-04-2). LOGGING RAILROADS OF SKAGIT COUNTY, Dennis Thompson, 411 photos, 308 page history of the railroad logging era in Skagit County, Washington State, hardcover, 1996, 2nd edition, $59.95. (ISBN 0-915370-06-9). Order from: Northwest Short Line Publishing, P.O. Box 16485, Seattle, WA 98116-0485. 206-932-1087, or FAX 206-935-7106.

Railroad Signatures Across the Pacific Northwest

Railroad Signatures Across the Pacific Northwest
Author: Carlos A. Schwantes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 359
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780295975351

Demonstrates that the railroads profoundly affected the way people lived, how they adjusted to the new opportunities or threats that swift and cheap transportation provided. In short, how they viewed the world.This book is for everyone fascinated by trains and their nineteenth-century opening of the great Northwest. With cases of pictures never before published this book tracks the stories of families lured to settle in the west, revelations about railroad buccaneers, and breathtaking engineering feats of bridges over daunting gorges - Gene Shalit, The Today Show, NBC.