The Burlington Railroad: Alliance Division (Images of Rail). Cet article n’est pas disponible.The Burlington Railroad: Alliance Division (Images of Rail)

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, the Alliance Division controlled much of the region's rail traffic. Despite the loss of its division point status in 1988, Alliance continues to have its fortunes closely tied to the railroad, now known as the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe. Today, the BNSF funnels large numbers of coal trains through the city while transporting Power River Basin coal to power plants across the nation.

Having laid the groundwork for the area's modern BNSF rail system, this is a nostalgic look at the pioneer-era trains and railroaders of the Alliance Division. The book's three authors, Richard C. Kistler, Michael M. Bartels, and James J. Reisdorff, have a series of books about Nebraska rail history to their credit. Images from various private and museum collections help to illustrate the bygone days of railroading in the Alliance region.