The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway [[electronic resource] ] : a photographic history / / Don L. Hofsommer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458296903321
• Autore: Hofsommer Donovan L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0-8166-6797-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 385.0973
• Soggetti: Railroads - Minnesota - History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Protecting home turf : Minneapolis builds a railway, 1871-1899 -- Great expectations : Dakota and beyond, 1900-1923 -- Hard times and harder times : receivership, and dismemberment? 1923-1943 -- The doctor for sick railroads : Lucian Sprague restores solvency, 1943-1954 -- A fresh approach? The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway adjusts to "modern management," 1954-1960 -- End of the line : the Minneapolis & St. Louis disappears into the Chicago & North Western, 1960.