- Brochure Details
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- Date Archived:
- November 26, 2013
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1970s
- Data Format:
- Route:
- Black Hawk
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Black Hawk brochure, 1974.
Multicolor printed paper brochure issued for the start of the Black Hawk (Chicago-Dubuque) on February 14, 1974. The train initially used the self-propelled Budd rail diesel cars pictured on the front of this brochure, but they were later replaced with diesel locomotives and new single-level Amfleet cars. Deteriorating track conditions and heavy freight traffic on the route resulted in poor on-time performance, and service was discontinued in September 1981. From the W. Mike Weber Collection.