LEADER 03362nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910814339503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-9643-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000346722 035 $a(EBL)310847 035 $a(OCoLC)476096584 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000165391 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11152126 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165391 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10141906 035 $a(PQKB)11156386 035 $a(OCoLC)899267138 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39195 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310847 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10159666 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522810 035 $a(OCoLC)437188570 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310847 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000346722 100 $a20080903d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGreat Northern Railway $ea history /$fRalph W. Hidy ... [et al.] 205 $aFirst University of Minnesota Press ed. 210 $aMinneapolis, Minn. ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (375 p.) 225 1 $aThe Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series 300 $aOriginally published: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c1988. 311 $a0-8166-4429-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. 1856 to 1916 -- pt. 2. 1916 to 1970. 330 $aIn the sprawling Northwest, from the upper Mississippi River valley to Puget Sound, no railroad shaped the landscape and society like the Great Northern Railway Company. This is the complete history of that enterprise, from 1856, when the first charter was granted, through the era of James J. Hill--known as the Empire Builder--to its maturation and eventual merger in 1970, when the eight-thousand-mile Great Northern was incorporated into the massive Burlington Northern. The Great Northern Railway highlights the changes brought on by economic, political, social, and technological advances, including world wars, increased competition from other modes of transportation, and tighter government restrictions. The first part of the book (1856-1916) examines the railway's early strategies and philosophy, relations with employees, and vigorous campaigns to develop the service area. The second part of the history (1916-1970) offers an assessment of a dramatic period of transition for the railroad-international conflicts, the Great Depression, the rise of motor vehicles, increasing labor costs, and stronger unions. Illustrated with more than two hundred maps, period photographs, and drawings, the volume also includes appendixes listing the original track-laying history, track removals, ruling grades on main freight routes, and main line ruling grades from Minneapolis to Seattle. 410 0$aFesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series. 606 $aRailroads$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aRailroads$xHistory. 676 $a385.0973 676 $a385/.065/78 700 $aHidy$b Ralph W$g(Ralph Willard),$f1905-1977.$0134072 701 $aHidy$b Ralph W$g(Ralph Willard),$f1905-1977.$0134072 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814339503321 996 $aGreat Northern Railway$94126031 997 $aUNINA