Off the Main Lines

A Photographic Odyssey

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Railroads, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
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Author: Don L. Hofsommer ISBN: 9780253008688
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: August 1, 2013
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Don L. Hofsommer
ISBN: 9780253008688
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: August 1, 2013
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

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 Lines 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.

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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 Lines 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.

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