Railroad noir
Subtitle: the American West at the end of the twentieth century
By: narratives by Linda Grant Niemann ; photographs by Joel Jensen.
Contributors: Jensen, Joel.
Series: Railroads past and present
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253354464
Subjects: Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- Employees -- History; Railroads -- Social aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Boomer in a boom town; title: Breaking in blues; title: Blues for ron; title: Beet inspector; title: The blue motel; title: The big four bar; title: Learning spanish; title: Organized booming; title: The border; title: On the road again; title: A starry night; title: Train to the underworld; title: Back to work; title: The hospital yard; title: The hopper at granite rock; title: The Lawrence switcher; title: The lord of the night; title: Midnight train to georgia; title: The spiritual beauty of the rails; title: Old head, new hire.