Includes bibliographical references (page 281) and index.
1. The Galena -- 2. The North Western Emerges -- 3. Years of Expansion, 1877-1892 -- 4. The Omaha Road -- 5. The Hughitt Era -- 6. "The Best of Everything" -- 7. The Great War and the Roaring Twenties -- 8. The Great Depression and Bankruptcy -- 9. The Second World War and Postwar Railroading -- 10. The Heineman Era -- 11. Employee Ownership and After: The Provo and Wolfe Administrations -- 12. The Final Years.