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Hardcover, 224 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., 98% color photographs and two maps. Gateway Western, A Regional in Transition documents the troubled and challenging history of an important segment of Midwestern railroading. The result of years of research, this book covers the Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City lines of the former Illinois Central Gulf (originally Chicago & Alton/Gulf, Mobile & Ohio) as they were spun off in the late 1980s.

There is a large selection of paint schemes on the locomotives in this book. The book starts off with the predecessor lines and then the many owners and railroads with trackage rights over this regional carrier. Some pictures of the terrible flood of 1993 are shown including the damage to the bridge at Glasgow, MO and its repair.

The first attempt was Chicago, Missouri & Western, that quickly ran into financial difficulty. With these important rail transportation hubs and Amtrak service between Chicago and St. Louis in jeopardy, a combination of events brought Santa Fe and others to the table and Gateway Western was created. Authors Ryan Crawford, James E.

Lewnard, and Matthew Freix share the history of both regionals (Chicago, Missouri & Western and Gateway Western) in this new book containing more than 200 pages. A wealth of color photos takes the reader across the system, show the equipment, and tell the story of this interesting chapter in Midwest railroading.

The book includes coverage of Amtrak, Kansas City Southern, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, and other roads that were associated with this regional operation. Table of

Contents:

  • Creation of CM&W, pp. 6–23
  • St. Louis District, pp. 24–53
  • Springfield District, pp. 54–63
  • Carrollton District, pp. 64–65
  • Kansas City District, pp. 66–73
  • CM&W Diesel and Freight Car Roster, pp. 74–95
  • Southern Pacific Initiates Operations, pp. 96–101
  • Gateway Western Introduction, pp. 102–107
  • Sub 1: Roodhouse
  • Ill., to Godfrey
  • Ill., pp. 108–129
  • Sub 2: Roodhouse
  • Ill., to Mexico
  • Mo., pp. 130–141
  • Sub 3: Mexico
  • Mo. to Rock Creek Jct. (KC), pp. 142–161
  • Sub 4: Jacksonville
  • Ill., to Murrayville
  • Ill., pp. 162–164
  • Sub 5: Mexico
  • Mo., to Fulton
  • Mo., pp. 165–169
  • Sub 6: Roodhouse
  • Ill., to Cockrell
  • Ill., (Springfield), pp. 170–175
  • Sub 7: Godfrey
  • Ill., to E. St. Louis
  • Ill., pp. 176–203
  • Gateway Western Diesel and Freight Car Roster, pp. 204–224
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Patrick Sampson

This book cleared up the sorted and brief convoluted history of that specific route between KC and St Louis with pictures and a good timeline in the late 80s and thru the 90s. The line between St Louis and Chicago is called out in a similar fashion, but with a bit less amount of the same. The good photography throughout contains a lot more detail than your standard locomotive wedge-shots and have informative captions. And the amount of the long-term origins history info is kept minimal (thank you authors) and rightly focuses on modern day practices of operations. The book does a very good job of presenting a picture of a railroad company that had a bad start and struggled to survive throughout its very short history. The authors lay out Its intent of the CMNW and the GWWR hauling traffic between KC and Chicago, and contrast their respective survivals to the fragmented influences of the large railroad mergers of the 1990s. If you have any interested in these routes during this timeframe, enjoy the colorful mix of locomotives, and a have a bias towards struggling regional railroads, this book will probably scratch that itch. It's a well done book with decent photos for anyone who enjoys a focused look at the operations of a railroad who tries to operate like a regional but in reality acts like a bridgeline step-child for the bigger class 1s.

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