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Author:

Hofsommer, Donovan L.

Title:

The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway : a photographic history / Don L. Hofsommer.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

ix, 277 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway--History.
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway--Pictorial works.
Railroads--Middle West--History.
Railroads--Middle West--Pictorial works.
Railroads--Iowa--History.
Railroads--Iowa--Pictorial works.

Contents:

Protecting home turf : Minneapolis builds a railway, 1871-1899 -- Great expectations : Dakota and beyond, 1900-1923 -- Hard times and harder times : receivership, and dismemberment? 1923-1943 -- The doctor for sick railroads : Lucian Sprague restores solvency, 1943-1954 -- A fresh approach? The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway adjusts to "modern management," 1954-1960 -- End of the line : the Minneapolis & St. Louis disappears into the Chicago & North Western, 1960.

ISBN:

0816651329 (pb : alk. paper)
9780816651320 (pb : alk. paper)
0816651310 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816651313 (hc : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276602362

LCCN:

2008048902

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

Z7OX851 -- Library (Ames)

BBPC251 -- Roy R. Estle Memorial Library (Dallas Center)

E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)

DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

DJPD353 -- Hampton Public Library (Hampton)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

S3PA501 -- Lynnville Public Library (Lynnville)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

CWPB586 -- Mellinger Memorial Library (Morning Sun)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)