Off the main lines a photographic odyssey

"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 se...

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Autor principal: Hofsommer, Donovan L. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press 2013.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Railroads past and present.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30759547*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 IN THE LAND OF THE HAWKEYES; Callender, Iowa: M & StL, The Home Road; Rock Island: The Ancestral Road; Fort Dodge, Iowa: Center of the Railroad Universe; Spencer, Iowa: L2s and Alcos; Elsewhere in Hawkeyeland; M & StL: The Home Road, 1951-60; Still Elsewhere in Hawkeyeland; 2 ALONG THE WAY: 1950-65; 3 IN THE LAND OF THE BUFFALOES; 4 IN THE LAND OF THE GOPHERS; Along the Way: 1966-70; 5 IN THE LAND OF THE SOONERS; 6 IN THE LAND OF THE LONGHORNS; 7 ALONG THE WAY: 1971-87; 8 AROUND THE HORN; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P.
  • QR; S; T; U; V; W.