LEADER 03136nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910453171603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-253-00868-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001064731 035 $a(EBL)1318556 035 $a(OCoLC)852158549 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000917018 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11552620 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917018 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10877571 035 $a(PQKB)10805411 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1318556 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1318556 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10723526 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL499264 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001064731 100 $a20121217d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOff the main lines$b[electronic resource] $ea photographic odyssey /$fDon L. Hofsommer 210 $aBloomington ;$aIndianapolis $cIndiana University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 225 0$aRailroads past and present 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-00832-8 311 $a1-299-68014-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographic references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; 330 $a"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. 410 0 $aRailroads Past and Present 606 $aNarrow gauge railroads$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory 606 $aNarrow gauge railroads$zColorado$xHistory 606 $aNarrow gauge railroads$zColorado$vPictorial works 606 $aNarrow gauge railroads$zWest (U.S.)$vPictorial works 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNarrow gauge railroads$xHistory. 615 0$aNarrow gauge railroads$xHistory. 615 0$aNarrow gauge railroads 615 0$aNarrow gauge railroads 676 $a385.0978 700 $aHofsommer$b Donovan L$0885218 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453171603321 996 $aOff the main lines$92287141 997 $aUNINA