03423nam 2200625 a 450 991045138100332120200520144314.00-8166-9643-8(CKB)1000000000346722(EBL)310847(OCoLC)476096584(SSID)ssj0000165391(PQKBManifestationID)11152126(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165391(PQKBWorkID)10141906(PQKB)11156386(MiAaPQ)EBC310847(OCoLC)899267138(MdBmJHUP)muse39195(Au-PeEL)EBL310847(CaPaEBR)ebr10159666(CaONFJC)MIL522810(OCoLC)437188570(EXLCZ)99100000000034672220080903d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGreat Northern Railway[electronic resource] a history /Ralph W. Hidy ... [et al.]First University of Minnesota Press ed.Minneapolis, Minn. ;London University of Minnesota Press20041 online resource (375 p.)The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book seriesOriginally published: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c1988.0-8166-4429-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. 1856 to 1916 -- pt. 2. 1916 to 1970.In the sprawling Northwest, from the upper Mississippi River valley to Puget Sound, no railroad shaped the landscape and society like the Great Northern Railway Company. This is the complete history of that enterprise, from 1856, when the first charter was granted, through the era of James J. Hill--known as the Empire Builder--to its maturation and eventual merger in 1970, when the eight-thousand-mile Great Northern was incorporated into the massive Burlington Northern. The Great Northern Railway highlights the changes brought on by economic, political, social, and technological advances, including world wars, increased competition from other modes of transportation, and tighter government restrictions. The first part of the book (1856-1916) examines the railway's early strategies and philosophy, relations with employees, and vigorous campaigns to develop the service area. The second part of the history (1916-1970) offers an assessment of a dramatic period of transition for the railroad-international conflicts, the Great Depression, the rise of motor vehicles, increasing labor costs, and stronger unions. Illustrated with more than two hundred maps, period photographs, and drawings, the volume also includes appendixes listing the original track-laying history, track removals, ruling grades on main freight routes, and main line ruling grades from Minneapolis to Seattle.Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.RailroadsUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.RailroadsHistory.385.0973385/.065/78Hidy Ralph W(Ralph Willard),1905-1977.134072Hidy Ralph W(Ralph Willard),1905-1977.134072MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451381003321Great Northern Railway2093434UNINA