03098nam 2200637 a 450 991082655630332120240314015057.00-253-00868-9(CKB)2550000001064731(EBL)1318556(OCoLC)852158549(SSID)ssj0000917018(PQKBManifestationID)11552620(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917018(PQKBWorkID)10877571(PQKB)10805411(MiAaPQ)EBC1318556(Au-PeEL)EBL1318556(CaPaEBR)ebr10723526(CaONFJC)MIL499264(EXLCZ)99255000000106473120121217h20132013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOff the main lines a photographic odyssey /Don L. Hofsommer1st ed.Bloomington ;Indianapolis :Indiana University Press,2013.©20131 online resource (321 pages)Railroads past and present0-253-00832-8 1-299-68014-3 Includes bibliographic references and index.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;"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.Railroads Past and PresentNarrow gauge railroadsWest (U.S.)HistoryNarrow gauge railroadsColoradoHistoryNarrow gauge railroadsColoradoPictorial worksNarrow gauge railroadsWest (U.S.)Pictorial worksNarrow gauge railroadsHistory.Narrow gauge railroadsHistory.Narrow gauge railroadsNarrow gauge railroads385.0978Hofsommer Donovan L1593621MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826556303321Off the main lines4100921UNINA