Hofsommer, Don L. (Author)
Indiana University Press
Publication date: 2013
Language: English
Edition Details: Book Series: Railroads past & present
Physical Details: 306
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.
...MoreReview Dan Cupper (Fall/Winter 2013) Review of "Off the Main Lines: A Photographic Odyssey". Railroad History (pp. 106-107).
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