| Off the Main Lines: A Photographic Odyssey Contributor(s): Hofsommer, Don L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253008328 ISBN-13: 9780253008329 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Railroads - History - Transportation | Railroads - Pictorial - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 385.097 |
| LCCN: 2012047304 |
| Series: Railroads Past and Present (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 9.5" W x 8.4" (2.30 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |