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      Cover image for The Quanah Route: A History of the Quanah, Acme, & Pacific Railway
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      The Quanah Route: A History of the Quanah, Acme, & Pacific Railway

      Don L. Hofsommer

      The Iron Horse forever changed the American West, from a wild frontier to a network of scattered settlements tied together by steel rails. Behind the romantic image of the galloping…

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      Off the Main Lines: A Photographic Odyssey

      Don L. Hofsommer

      A visually stunning and comprehensive photographic essay recording the end of branch line passenger service, the demise of electric railroads, the transition from steam to diesel power

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      Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland: Iowa’s Railroad Experience

      Don L. Hofsommer

      Railroads helped to define the character of America, and that certainly was the case in Iowa. Pioneer lines penetrated the interior from Mississippi River communities during the state’s early railroad…

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      John H. Burdakin: Railroader

      Don L. Hofsommer

      This engaging biography examines Burdakin’s life in the railroad industry during a tumultuous time in the transportation business and underscores his core principles and how he employed them in the…

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      The Tootin’ Louie: A History of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway

      Don L. Hofsommer

      The definitive history of one of the Midwest’s most remarkable railroads.

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      Minneapolis and the Age of Railways

      Don L. Hofsommer

      In Minneapolis and the Age of Railways, Don L. Hofsommer presents Minneapolis from the 1860s into the 1950s, when railroads served as a unique link between city and countryside. Illustrated…

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      The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway: A Photographic History

      Don L. Hofsommer

      In this photographic history of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (M&StL), railroad historian Don L. Hofsommer revives the memory of a storied regional railroad.The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway…

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      The Iowa Route: A History of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

      Don L. Hofsommer

      The book includes more than 200 photographs selected from Hofsommer’s extensive library of historic photographs documenting the history of the BC&N Railway.

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      Iowa’s Railroads: An Album

      At one point in time, no place in Iowa was more than a few miles from an active line of rail track. A companion to Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland…

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      The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985

      Don L. Hofsommer

      Chronicles the twentieth-century history of a transportation giant. This book presents a story of divestiture and merger, Sunset Route, and Prosperity Special.

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      Rails to the North Star: A Minnesota Railroad Atlas

      Richard S. Prosser

      Reprint. Originally published by Dillon Press in 1966.

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      Crossroads of a Continent: Missouri Railroads, 1851-1921

      Peter A. Hansen,Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes,Don L. Hofsommer

      Crossroads of a Continent: The Missouri Railroad tells the story of the state’s railroads and their vital role in American history.

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      The Great Northern Railway: A History

      Ralph W. Hidy,Muriel E. Hidy

      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…

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