The Burlington Railroad: Alliance Division

by Michael M. Bartels, James J. Reisdorff, Richard C. Kistler

Alliance has been a railroad center ever since the Burlington Railroad established the city in 1888 while pushing tracks into the vast, open regions of Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana. As a hub for trains carrying a variety of agricultural and mining products to market, Alliance became headquarters in 1902 for the large and geographically diverse area of Burlington train operations called the Alliance Division. For 86 years,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467112976
• ISBN13: 9781467112970
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"