02606nam 22005414a 450 991045164870332120200520144314.00-8166-9603-9(CKB)1000000000346734(EBL)310687(OCoLC)476095666(SSID)ssj0000260110(PQKBManifestationID)11193868(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260110(PQKBWorkID)10223837(PQKB)10822058(MiAaPQ)EBC310687(OCoLC)191953078(MdBmJHUP)muse39958(Au-PeEL)EBL310687(CaPaEBR)ebr10159594(CaONFJC)MIL522502(EXLCZ)99100000000034673420040616d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Tootin' Louie[electronic resource] a history of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway /Don L. HofsommerMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20051 online resource (392 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4366-0 0-8166-4365-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-359) and index.Expectancy -- Lethargy, euphoria, and panic -- Albert Lea at last -- Optimism and realism -- The great Rock Island route -- Independent again -- The Little Harriman -- The newest and the best -- It will be a hummer -- Everything from caskets to corsets -- Struggling among the titans -- Sweet and sour -- Hard times in good times -- Soldiering on -- Mean and ugly -- Frey and dismemberment -- Reason for hope? -- Free at last -- Don't you know there's a war on? -- Sprague and prosperity -- Sprague at the throttle -- The ides of May -- Halting steps -- Days of red and white -- Valhalla -- Under a green and yellow flag.In The Tootin' Louie, railroad historian Don L. Hofsommer offers a comprehensive biography of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway and its Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and Illinois service areas. Incorporating primary research documents, including station records and dispatchers' reports, Hofsommer brings the M&StL to life by portraying the lives and times of the people involved in the railroad.Electronic books.385/.0977Hofsommer Donovan L885218MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451648703321The Tootin' Louie2203564UNINA