The Corn Belt Route

by H. Roger Grant

Book Overview

The Chicago Great Western Railroad was a spunky midwestern carrier that contributed mightily to the transportation industry. The 1,500-mile CGW, built by the iconoclastic and ambitious A. B. Stickney, proved to be exceptionally innovative as it developed new ways to compete with larger railroads. Pitted against tough, determined competitors, the CGW during its eighty-five years made innovations that changed the history of American transportation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875800955
• ISBN13: 9780875800950
• Release Date: April 1984
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher