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Great Northern Railway: A Photo History 1945-1970

From postwar years to the 1970 merger that created Burlington Northern, a collection of superb photographs portraying passenger, freight, trucking, and Glacier Park hotel operations. Featured are the Great Northern shops, yards, port facilities, depots, operation centers, and more from the Midwest to the Northwest.

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Great Northern Railway: Ore Docks of Lake Superior Photo Archive

The Great Northern Iron Ore Docks were the largest iron ore docks in the world. Now, railfans and history buffs can see how these ore docks were constructed and operated through the historic photographs and illustrations in this book. Detailed photos show these fascinating docks in operation (trains loading ships) as well as accurate drawings made from original Great Northern blueprints - perfect for railroad modelers!

The majority of the photos cover the 1920s to 1970s, which includes the Golden Age of railroading. These docks and the stories they contain are a unique piece of Americana.
The remaining docks are falling apart and partially stripped. But through this book, railfans, modelers and history buffs can continue to appreciate the Great Northern Iron Ore Docks.

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Locomotives of the Upper Midwest Photo Archive - Diesel Power in the 1960s & 1970s

Marvin Nielsen presents a personal look at diesel locomotives at work in the Upper Midwest in the 1960s and 1970s with a handpicked selection of his finest photographs.
Featured are various makes and models of diesels used by the Soo Line, Chicago & North Western, Burlington Northern, Milwaukee Road, Wisconsin Central, Green Bay & Western and other railroads operating in the Upper Midwest.

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Milwaukee Road Depots 1856-1954 Photo Archive

The Milwaukee Road distinguished itself with the depots it built across its great rail empire, which eventually covered 13 states. Firms such as Frost & Granger designed landmark depots, many of which still stand today and are in the national Register of Historic Places.
Includes the only depot ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Features historic photos of the smallest country stations to the grandest of the grand and everything in between.

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Minnesota Railroads : A Photographic History, 1940-2012

This illustrated volume offers an enlightening - and irresistibly entertaining - look at Minnesota railroads from 1940 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 in our day.

Remarkable photographs, many never before published, take us inside the cab of a monumental steam locomotive, which hauled iron ore from the Mesabi Range, and into the lounge car of the luxurious North Coast Limited streamliner.
We visit the huge shops that worked on massive locomotives and go trackside to witness the morning rush hour at the St. Paul Union Depot. From the modest St. Charles depot welcoming the Rochester 400 in 1962 to brand-new locomotives speeding container trains west at Hawley in 2009, "Minnesota Railroads" combines thrilling close-ups and an edifying long view, fine details and a full history.

Traveling from Winton to Worthington, Noyes to Winona, tracking the transition from steam to diesel and the mergers that created today's megarailroads, "Minnesota Railroads" gives readers a richly textured picture of railroading's past and future and its impact on life in Minnesota.

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Trains of the Upper Midwest Photo Archive - Steam & Diesel in the 1950s & 1960s

High-quality photos show freight & passenger trains of railroads that served the Upper Midwest during the 1950s & 1960s. Trains & locomotives from C&NW, Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, Soo Line, Northern Pacific & more.
Included are schedules, dinner menus, drink coasters & sales brochures. This nostalgic book will transport the reader to the Upper Midwest during the 50s & 60s.

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Wisconsin Central Railway 1871-1909 Photo Archive

Follow the Wisconsin Central Railway from its inception in 1871 to its acquisition by the Soo Line in 1909. Dramatic photos of the trains, crews, route construction, stations, shops, and various facilities tell the story.
Here is the history of the Wisconsin Central beginning with its early steam operations to the early diesel era as told in photos from the collection of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

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