Book ID: CBB330674997

12,000 Days on the North Western Line: The Life and Times of a Railroad Civil Engineer, 1947-1980 (2005)

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Lewis, Eugene M. (Author)


Chicago & North Western Historical Society


Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: 961 pp., illustrations, maps
Language: English

Autobiography of Eugene M. Lewis, who spent a career as a civil engineer working on the Chicago & North Western, beginning in 1947. The volume draws upon daily journals, interviews, and collected materials. The resulting lengthy study provides an low-level insider's viewpoint concenring the workings of this railroad during the very difficult times of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Review Don L. Hofsommer (Spring-Summer 2007) Review of "12,000 Days on the North Western Line: The Life and Times of a Railroad Civil Engineer, 1947-1980". Railroad History (p. 110). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Reevy, Tony
Richard C. Carpenter
Hofsommer, Don L.
Lee, Thomas R.
Keefe, Kevin P.
Delano, Jack
Concepts
Land transportation
Railroads
Biographies
Photography of railroads
Pictorial works
Photographers
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Midwestern states (U.S.)
Canada
Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Ireland
Great Britain
Institutions
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Company
Wabash Railroad Company
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway Company
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
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