Jan
The Baldwin book is at http://www.archive.org/details/chicagoburlingto01bald
If you search on "railroad" in Text media, it comes up with 2800 references!
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Kohl" <kohlj@bellsouth.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Internet Archive IMPORTANT FIND!!!!
> I'm not sure how you all are finding these things, I've done a couple of
> searches both on texts and general web and have not seen any of the
> titles listed below. Perhaps someone can provide some clearer
> instructions?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Jan
>
> Charlie Vlk wrote:
>> Rupert has stumbled across an important find!!!!
>>
>> The link he cites has a digital copy of the W.W. Baldwin Chicago,
>> Burlington And Quincy Documentary History Volume 1 Lines East of the
>> Mississippi River.
>>
>> So far Vols. 2 Lines West and Vol. 3 C&S & FW&D are not found. I also
>> could not find the accompanying fold-out maps for each line in Vol.1.
>>
>> But this is a great and valuable find for the CB&Q Historian.
>>
>> Thanks Rupert!!
>>
>> Charlie Vlk
>>
>> ps-
>> Also found:
>> Suburban Homes Along the CB&Q
>> Report to the Nebraska Board of Railroad Commissioners regarding
>> Burlington Locomotive Engineers Strike
>> W.W. Baldwin testimony on Illinois Railroad Taxes
>> Mines and Mining in the Black Hills
>> The Burlington Strike
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I did a quick search on the on-line Internet Archive at
>> http://www.archive.org/index.php and found several books/texts on the
>> CB&Q including a CB&Q dictionary, "The Mail Pay" (1909 text about RPO's
>> on the Q) and books on the Great Strike. There are also general railroad
>> books, as well as music, radio, podcasts, etc.
>>
>> Rupert Gamlen
>> Auckland NZ
>>
>>
>> .
>>
>>
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>>
>>
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