Off the main lines : a photographic odyssey / Don L. Hofsommer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hofsommer, Donovan L.

Series:

Railroads Past and Present

Railroads past and present

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narrow gauge railroads--West (U.S.)--History.

Narrow gauge railroads.

Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--History.

Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Pictorial works.

Narrow gauge railroads--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9780253008688

0253008689

OCLC:

852158549