1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779758203321

Autore

Hofsommer Donovan L

Titolo

Off the main lines : a photographic odyssey / / Don L. Hofsommer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington ; ; Indianapolis : , : Indiana University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-253-00868-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 pages)

Collana

Railroads past and present

Disciplina

385.0978

Soggetti

Narrow gauge railroads - West (U.S.) - History

Narrow gauge railroads - Colorado - History

Narrow gauge railroads - Colorado

Narrow gauge railroads - West (U.S.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

"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.