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Off the Main Lines: A Photographic Odyssey (Railroads Past and Present)

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
0253008328, 9780253008329
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
267 MB (280090437 bytes)
Edition
Illustrated
Pages
208\321
Time added
2021-08-14 20:34:04

Description

In this visually stunning and comprehensive photographic essay, railroad historian and photographer Donovan L. Hofsommer records the end of branchline passenger service, the demise of electric railroads, the transition from steam to diesel power, as well as the end of common carrier freight service on the Colorado narrow gauge. Off the Main Lines carries readers along out-of-the-way railways in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Montana, and South Dakota to see the changes that occurred on these lines from the 1940s to the 1990s. Cover Contents Introduction 1 IN THE LAND OF THE HAWKEYES Callender, Iowa: M&StL, The Home Road Rock Island: The Ancestral Road Fort Dodge, Iowa: Center of the Railroad Universe Spencer, Iowa: L2s and Alcos Elsewhere in Hawkeyeland M&StL: The Home Road, 1951–60 Still Elsewhere in Hawkeyeland 2 ALONG THE WAY: 1950–65 3 IN THE LAND OF THE BUFFALOES 4 IN THE LAND OF THE GOPHERS Along the Way: 1966–70 5 IN THE LAND OF THE SOONERS 6 IN THE LAND OF THE LONGHORNS 7 ALONG THE WAY: 1971–87 8 AROUND THE HORN Selected Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W

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