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Iowa Route, The by Don L. Hofsommer Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry w/DJ
Iowa Route, The by Don L. Hofsommer
The Iowa Route
A History of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Don L. Hofsommer
Hard Cover w/dust jacket
287+ Pages
222 black & White illustrations
8 tables
Copyright 2015
Contents
Preface ix
1 A GRAND IRON HIGHWAY from ST. LOUIS to ST. PAUL 1
2 THE GRANDEST RAILROAD PROJECT of the AGE 8
:3 PROVIDENCE HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES 16
4 DIRT BEGAN to FLY 26
5 PANIC 36
6 A NEW DAWNING 44
7 PALPABLY INVIGORATING OZONE 51
8 FLUX 62
9 THE ALBERT LEA ROUTE 74
10 TO the PACIFIC COAST by a NORTHWEST ROUTE? 102
11 ON to BISMARCK 112
12 THE FAVORITE ALBERT LEA ROUTE 119
13 THE HEAVY HAND of REGULATION 136
14 SPIRIT LAKE COUNTRY 144
15 OF PANIC and TRAMPS 166
16 THE GAY NINETIES 179
17 PULLING and HAULING 196
18 TO the TWIN CITIES 208
19 A MOST SATISFACTORY DISPOSITION 222
EPILOGUE 233
Notes 259
Bibliography 275
Index 281
THE BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS & NORTHERN RAILWAY was an important part of the commercial life of the upper Midwest during the age of railways. Don L. Hofsommer uses the BCR&N as the vehicle for his investigation of the birth, evolution, and disappearance of an important regional carrier, offering an inside look at the struggles of a small railway to stay relevant while railroad empires were being built. More than a bit player, the BCR&N might have become even more important had plans gone forward to utilize its rails in a campaign to reach the Pacific. The struggle of the Cedar Rapids road and its corporate ancestors to place MinneapolisSt. Paul and St. Louis in competition with Chicago via a north/south route forms a major part of the narrative. The book also offers a history of the company's three-state service territory (Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota) from the dawn of the age of railways into the zoth century. More than 200 photographs selected from Hofsommer's extensive library of historic photographs enhance this history of the BCR&N Railway.
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