Twilight rails [[electronic resource] ] : the final era of railroad building in the Midwest / / H. Roger Grant

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785311303321
• Autore: Grant H. Roger <1943->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010
• ISBN: 0-8166-7366-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 385.0977
• Soggetti: Railroads - Middle West - History; Transportation - Middle West - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Twilight Rails; 1. A Road with a Bright Future: Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad; 2. Crazy Willie & Dandy Molly: Creston, Winterset & Des Moines Railroad; 3. The Handy Lines: Detroit, Bay City & Western Railroad and Port Huron & Detroit Railroad; 4. Luce Line: Electric Short Line Railway and Minnesota Western Railroad; 5. Ettrick & Nothing: Ettrick & Northern Railroad; 6. The Rockford Route: Illinois, Iowa & Minnesota Railway and Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary Railway; 7. Ozark Short Line: Missouri, Arkansas & Gulf Railroad; 8. The Arnica Salve Line: St. Joseph Valley RailwayEpilogue Legacy of Twilight Rails; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The first book to document the final wave of railroad construction in the Midwest, written by a preeminent railroad historian