C&NW Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Volume 1: Passenger Cars, Cabooses and Acquired Roads

Pictures of the Chicago Great Western rolling stock are of the equipment painted in C&,NW colors with CGW reporting marks. The Minneapolis &, St. Louis, Des Moines and Central Iowa and Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern rolling stock is mostly seen before C&,NW paint. The rolling stock photos include many cabooses both wooden and steel in predecessor railroad paint. There are also many C&,NW heavyweight passenger cars seen in this title.The first in a two-part exploration of the myriad equipment of the Chicago &, North Western and the companies it acquired in the 1950s and 60s.Contents:C&,NW 1980s Business Train, pp. 4-11,C&,NW's Passenger Car Fleet and Business Cars prior to 1980, pp. 12-25,C&,NW's Commuter and Bi-Level Fleet, pp. 26-30,C&,NW Cabooses, pp. 31-44,Auto Rack Cars and Trailers, pp. 44-47,C&,NW Non-revenue Equipment, pp. 47-66,Chicago Great Western, pp. 67-76,Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &, Omaha, pp. 76-84,Des Moines &, Central Iowa, pp. 85-86,Ft. Dodge, Des Moines &, Southern, pp. 86-93,Litchfield &, Madison, pp. 94-95,Minneapolis &, St. Louis, pp. 96-122,Leased Cars, pp. 122-128.Hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs with captions. Features: New Hardcover James Kinkaid Morning Sun Books