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North Shore : America's fastest interurban
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From the days of the "Great A.C. Line" to the "Little Joe's" and the big orange interurbans of the modern South Shore, William D. Middleton tells the rich and colorful story of the South Shore Line in an absorbing volume of over 40,000 words and more than 250 illustrations--Adapted from jacket.
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Great Lake Shore route : No ferries! No delays! The fastest limited trains in the world run via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway and New-York Central & Hudson River R.R
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Image of a broadside with promotional descriptions and timetables for the Lake Shore Route with a wood-engraved image in the upper center of two steam locomotive trains labeled "Lake Shore & Michn. Southn." and one with the number "317" on its firebox door, passing on tracks, with a waterscape view of boats, shoreline, lighthouse, and clouds with lightning in the background, and onlookers waving to the train in the lower right.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows a good coast-line of the North-West Coast, locating Fort St. Francisco, New Albion and the Columbia River." Vignette of Ft. Niagara from the British Light House. View of Ft. Niagara from British Light House.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Etching. Other Features: Vignettes. Verso Text: MS note: 200 (on backing).
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