A Bibliography of the
Winona Railway


The intent of this page is to be more of a resource, than a true bibliography, since most information is scattered about in bits and pieces

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Books that reference the Winona Railway
Birney Car Panorama
  by Frederick A. Kramer
    pub. by Bells & Whistles, 1998
    Winona Railroad listed.
32 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., b&w photos printed on enameled paper. List price $8.95
No idea how much coverage the Winona has
Ghost Railroads of Indiana
  by Elmer G. Sulzer
    Pub. by Vane A. Jones Co., 1970
LOC 71-130695
    24 p., including photos, on the Winona
Indiana in Transition: The Emergence of an Industrial Commonwealth 1880-1920
Volume IV in The History of Indiana series
  by Clifton J. Phillips
    Pub. by Indiana Historical Bureau & Indiana Historical Society, 1968
    Table Of Contents has "The Evolution of a Modern Transportation System". In the list of illustrations is "Winona Interurban Railway Car".
No idea how much coverage the Winona has other than this
The Interurban Era
  by William A. Middleton
    Pub. by Kalmback Publishing Company, 1961
LOC 61-10728
    1 photo (p. 157) of the "Warsaw" (#58) stuck in a snowdrift in 1918. Lots of other northern Indiana coverage, but no other Winona information seen
The Winona Railroad: Text and Readings
  by William Darr
    Pub. by Kosciusko County Historical Society?
    listed as being available
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Articles about the Winona Railway
Winona Railroad
  Headlights News, April 1952
Published monthly by the Electric Railroaders Association
  Volume 14, #4, "Winona Railroad"
    Appears to be a front page article continued on at least one other page. Includes roster and track plan.
"The Winona Story" by Bill Warrick with photos by Eugene Van Dusen
  Railroad Magazine, Dec. 1952
    p. 80, p. 81, p. 82, p. 85, p. 86, p. 87, p. 88, p. 89, p. 90, p. 91, p. 92, p. 93.
    14 pages with photos - not sure if missing p. 83-84 are of the Winona or not
article name?
  Central Electric Railfans' Association Bulletin B102
    12 pages with photos
article name?
  Traction Heritage [11/1973?]
    apparently reprint of a [1906?] Street Railway Journal article
Steel Pilots on the Winona Interurban Railway
  Traction Heritage May 1972, apparently Vol. 5, No. 3
Selections from 1919 Electric Railway Journal
"The Winona is going to bow out" by Richard S. Simons
  Trains, July 1952
    Table of contents has: "The last, save for one, of the electric railways in Indiana has received permission to abandon. Come along for a ride on its lone surviving freight train."
"The Winona is going to bow out" by Richard S. Simons
  Trains and Travel Magazine, July 1952, Vol. 12 No. 9
    Index, p. 52, p. 53, p. 54, p. 55
    Table of contents has: "The last, save for one, of the electric railways in Indiana has received permission to abandon. Come along for a ride on its lone surviving freight train."
"When They Let Interurban Cars Run On Sundays" by Dan Coplen
  The Thaddeus
    p. 23, p. 24, p. 25, p. 26
    Table of contents has: "The last, save for one, of the electric railways in Indiana has received permission to abandon. Come along for a ride on its lone surviving freight train."
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Videos about the Winona Railway
 
No videos are known to exist at this time.
 
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Other resources for the Winona Railway
Archives & Special Collections *
Morgan Library
Grace College & Theological Seminary
Winona Lake, Indiana
    * link is actually to the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana. Put Winona Collection in the search box to pull up all items in the library's collection
    I have not had a chance yet to check out this resource
Edwin P. Belknap Collection, 1888-1976
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
    Collection contains:
Union Traction Company of Indiana [includes Winona Traction Company] - Box 2, Folder 10
[Poster Board with Mounted Photographs, including Kokomo, Marion & Western, Winona Service Company, and Brownstown Street Scenes] - OVB Photographs, Folder 1
[Report of cars on Winona Interurban Railway Line, November 1923] - Manuscript Collections: Box 4, Folder 19
[Winona Interurban Railway Co., 1928] - Manuscript Collections: Box 6, Folder 16
   
I have not had a chance yet to check out this resource
M.D. McCarter Photo Collections
P.O. Box 1569, Camp Verde, AZ 86322-1569
Phone (928) 567-6443
    I believe the catalog to order is: C-22: Indiana Railroad System photo catalog. 1550 listings on 31 pages. The last electric railway empire created by the Insull group, 1931-1941. Includes the various traction companies acquired to make up the IR. $4.00
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