The Milwaukee Road by Frederick Hyde, Pub by HyRail, 1990, 192 pages, hardcovers, horizontal format.  Long out of print.

"Absolutely beautiful all-color collection of crisp photographs of the Milwaukee Road in action. The photos are laid out in coherent order with sections on the Chicago Terminal and Terre Haute Divisions and then proceeding west through the nine other Divisions until the conclusion, Winter on Snoqualmine Pass. With large page sized maps for each division and end papers showing the entire system map circa 1959. With index of photographers and bibliography."

Contents Include:
Chapter One: Amid The Urban Sprawl
     Chicago Terminal and Terre Haute Divisions
Chapter Two: West From Chicago
     Dubuque & Illinois Division
Chapter Three: America's Breadbasket
     Iowa Division
Chapter Four: Into The North Woods
     Milwaukee Division
Chapter Five: City To City
     La Crosse Division
Chapter Six: Land Of The Sioux
     Iowa Minnesota & Dakota Division
Chapter Seven: Wide Open Spaces
     Aberdeen Division
Chapter Eight: The Great Divide
     Rocky Mountain Division
Chapter Nine: The Gap
     Coast Division
Chapter Ten: Rainshadow To Rainforest
     Coast Division
Epilogue
Winter on Snoqualmie Pass
Index and Bibliography

This is an all-color pictorial of a railroad where words of description often fall short: the Chicago. Milwaukee. St. Paul & Pacific. Pictured are all of nature's obstacles the Milwaukee Road boldly overcame: bitter winters; hot, dusty deserts: primeval forests drenched in rain and smothered in snow: crumbling mountain canyons: and five major mountain ranges. Photographic coverage follows each of the Milwaukee's mainlines, from Chicago to the great railroad hubs of Louisville, Kansas City, Omaha. Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul. Seattle and Portland. Its secondary lines and branchlines, into the gloomy forests of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. the picturesque dairy and corn country of Wisconsin. Illinois. Minnesota and Iowa, and across the infinite prairies of the Dakotas and Montana. are covered as well.

Pictured in this book are the unusual locomotives. passenger trains, and freight trains that made up this exciting railroad: Little Joe and boxcab electrics; a multitude of diesel locomotives from every manufacturer; passenger trains with the Milwaukee's unique and exotic streamlined Skytop observation-lounge cars; heavy trains mastering mountain grades with helper engines. Twelve maps with many detailed insets show the complete system. every operating division. the Milwaukee's major mountain passes, and major terminal areas."

Dust jacket shows minor wear, couple minor tears, but looks good in a mylar protector.  Book itself is very good++  (Bottom of book cut off in photo).

Postage is $7.50 in the USA and includes shipping in a sturdy reinforced box.