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Twilight Rails: The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Mid West

Twilight Rails: The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Mid West Hardcover - 2010

by Grant, H. Roger

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Minneapolis, MN, USA: University of Minnesota Press, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. 260mm x 190mm x 28mm. 274 Pages with Black/White Photos and Maps. By the start of the twentieth century railroads crisscrossed the nation, yet there were still those who believed that the railroad network in the United States was far from complete. Residents of small towns lacking rail access lobbied hard for steam and electric roads to serve their communities, and investors eagerly started new ventures that would fill the gaps in the railway map. While some of these roads enjoyed a degree of success, most of them were financial flops even before the rise of the highway system made them obsolete. In Twilight Rails, H. Roger Grant-one of the leading railroad historians working today-documents the stories of eight Midwestern carriers that appeared at the end of the railroad building craze. When historians have reflected on these twilight" carriers they have suggested that they were relevant only as examples of unwise business ventures. Grant finds that even the weakest railroads were important to the communities they served; the arrival of the railroad was cause for great celebration as residents were finally connected to the outside world. A railroad's construction pumped money into local economies
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  • Title Twilight Rails: The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Mid West
  • Author Grant, H. Roger
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 274
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Date 2010
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # HYL-00018
  • ISBN 9780816665624 / 0816665621
  • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 10 x 6.9 x 1 in (25.40 x 17.53 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
  • Library of Congress subjects Railroads - Middle West - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009046767
  • Dewey Decimal Code 385.097

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About the author

H. Roger Grant is the Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor of History at Clemson University and the author of numerous books on railroad history, including Erie Lackawanna: The Death of an American Railroad, 1938-1992; "Follow the Flag" A History of the Wabash Railroad Company; and The North Western: A History of the Chicago & North Western Railway System.

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