Off the Main Lines: A Photographic Odyssey

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"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 Line 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"--Provided by publisher.;Machine generated contents note: 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. Machine generated contents note: 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.