Off the main lines [electronic resource] : a photographic odyssey / Don L. Hofsommer.
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TextSeries: Railroads past and presentPublication details: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, c2013Description: 303 p. : illISBN: 9780253008688 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Narrow gauge railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History | Narrow gauge railroads -- Colorado -- History | Narrow gauge railroads -- Colorado -- Pictorial works | Narrow gauge railroads -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial worksGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 385.0978 LOC classification: TF23.6 | .H64 2013Online resources: Click to View 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.
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.
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