Minnesota Railroads: A Photographic History, 1940–2012

• By: Steve Glischinski
• Format: Cloth, 296 pages, 178 b&w plates, 190 color plates, 2 maps, 11 x 10
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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• ISBN: 9780816675913

A lavishly illustrated history of Minnesota railroads from the romance of steam locomotives and luxurious passenger travel to the prosperous engines of transportation today

This illustrated volume offers an enlightening—and entertaining—look at Minnesota railroads from near the end of the romantic era of steam locomotives and luxury passenger lines to the reemergence of railroads as one of the few profitable transportation industries. Minnesota Railroads gives readers a richly textured picture of railroading’s past and future and its impact on life in Minnesota.