Written by historians at Harvard Business School, Mississippi State U., and St. Cloud State U. (Minn.), this history details the development and day- to-day affairs of this powerful business, and the careers of the main figures instrumental in its operation. This definitive work, first published by

The Great Northern Railway: A History (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)

Engineering & Transportation

Roy V. Scott

Ralph W. Hidy

Muriel E. Hidy

Don L. Hofsommer

Transportation

Univ. of Minnesota Press

Don Hofsommer chronicles the twentieth-century history of a transportation giant. Here is a story of divestiture and merger, Sunset Route, and Prosperity Special. " . . . a treasure house of information about the Southern Pacific Company . . . . This book is a joy to read."--Richard C. Overton, from the Foreword

The Southern Pacific: 1901-1985

Business & Money

Texas A & M Univ Pr

cloth with dust jacket, 8.5x11, 224 coated pages, 264 photos, rosters, maps and car drawings. 2018. "Meet the largest of the Iowa interurbans: The Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad. Like many of the state's interurbans, Fort Dodge was once a steam short line, built to standards that permitted impressively large cars and significant carload freight interchange with the steam railroads. This feisty line managed to survive a long time in spite of competition from heavy steam railroad and highways. Passenger service lasted until 1955, and the dieselized remnant was acquired by the Chicago &amp; North Western in 1968. This title from noted railroad author Don Hofsommer takes you to the Iowa known as "The Land of the Steam Road Trolleys." Hofsommer chronicles the history of this long-lived interurban and masterfully captures the spirit of the times in which it operated."

The Fort Dodge Line: Iowa’s Feisty Interurban

Central Electric Railfans' Association

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