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Informationen zum Autor Steve Glischinski began taking photographs of railroads in 1970, at the age of thirteen. Since then, his photographs of railroads in action have been published in many books and magazines. He is a correspondent for Trains Magazine and organizes railroad photography charter trips and the Railfan Weekend at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. He is the author of several books on railroading and lives in Shoreview, Minnesota. Klappentext Steve Glischinski began taking photographs of railroads in 1970, at the age of thirteen. Since then, his photographs of railroads in action have been published in many books and magazines. He is a correspondent for Trains Magazine and organizes railroad photography charter trips and the Railfan Weekend at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. He is the author of several books on railroading and lives in Shoreview, Minnesota. Zusammenfassung A lavishly illustrated history of Minnesota railroads from the romance of steamlocomotives and luxurious passenger travel to the prosperous engines of transportation today. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAuthor’s Note on Railroad TerminologyAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Dominant, Disappearing, Reborn: Seventy Years of Minnesota Railroad History1. An Industry in Transition, 1940–19602. The Struggle for Survival, 1960–19803. Revival and Rehabilitation, 1980–20004. Railroading in the Twenty-first CenturyMinnesota Railroads in 1940 and 2011NotesBibliographyIndex
