Off the main lines a photographic odyssey /
Hofsommer, Donovan L.
Off the main lines a photographic odyssey / [electronic resource] : Don L. Hofsommer. - Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, c2013. - 303 p. : ill. - Railroads past and present .
Includes bibliographic references and 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780253008688 (electronic bk.)
Narrow gauge railroads--History.--West (U.S.)
Narrow gauge railroads--History.--Colorado
Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Pictorial works.
Narrow gauge railroads--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.
Electronic books.
TF23.6 / .H64 2013
385.0978
Off the main lines a photographic odyssey / [electronic resource] : Don L. Hofsommer. - Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, c2013. - 303 p. : ill. - Railroads past and present .
Includes bibliographic references and 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780253008688 (electronic bk.)
Narrow gauge railroads--History.--West (U.S.)
Narrow gauge railroads--History.--Colorado
Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Pictorial works.
Narrow gauge railroads--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.
Electronic books.
TF23.6 / .H64 2013
385.0978