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This hand- some volume presents a fine selection of b&w and color photos which, along with their detailed cap- tions and brief but informative
introductory text, comprise a fine record of railroading in the North Star State from 1940 to the present. While any hard core fan will find a lot to like, the author has provided a brief explanation of railroad terminology to help the reader who’s less familiar with the
industry to make sense of it. The first chapter, “An Industry in Transi- tion 1940-1960,” begins with a discussion of the external forces acting upon the railroad industry through World War II and into the postwar years, including the movement of freight and passengers to the highways and of passengers to the rapidly developing air- lines. This was the “transition era,” and the text is accompanied by a fine selection of mostly b&w photos of late steam and early diesel power as well as depots of the era. Subjects include Chicago Great Western and Northern Pacific passenger trains meeting at St. Paul Union Depot; Milwaukee Road DL109s at the depot throat; a Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Russian Decapod; a Minneapolis & St. Louis gas-electric hauling a converted troop sleeper baggage car and a lightweight coach; Northern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 328 taking a spin on an “armstrong” turntable; a freshly shopped Soo Line 4-8-4 on the Shoreham turntable; refrigerator cars being iced; and clerks working in a Railway Post Office car. Also shown are Erie Mining F units in their blue and silver as-delivered paint; the Mesaba-Cliffs electric freight line near Calumet; a Great Northern NW5 on the Hutchinson Branch mixed; mail being un- loaded from a Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range RDC3, and early piggyback on the Chicago Great Western. Next, “The Struggle for Survival 1960-
1980” covers the industry’s decline and con- solidation in the face of expanded interstate highways and airline competition, along with the formation of Amtrak in 1971. The images begin with a color shot of a DM&IR Yellowstone on a 1960 fan trip; the C&NW Twin Cities 400 atop the Stone Arch Bridge across the Mississippi in Minneapolis; Great Northern’s Winnipeg Limited, heavy with head-end cars and a piggyback flat be- hind the power; GN’s switch to Big Sky Blue; a Burlington 4-8-4 on a fan trip; and the Duluth & Northeastern, which ran steam until 1962. Plenty of space is given to the new Burlington Northern and Amtrak, plus Dan Patch Lines No. 100, a 1913 Gen- eral Electric as preserved today and as it ap- peared on the Minneapolis, Anoka & Cuyu- na Range in 1964; and the Milwaukee Road’s network of picturesque branch lines. “Revitalization and Rehabilitation 1980-
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