Yellowstone Branch of the Union Pacific: Route of the Yellowstone Special

A wonderful history of the Union Pacific's line into Yellowstone National Park, covering in detail the construction, operation and current situation of the Yellowstone Branch. Delves into the motive power, the annual Spring opening for the tourist season, the Railroad Ranch, and life along the line from Idaho Falls to West Yellowstone. With foldout map of the railroad's terminus in Yellowstone with the location of all major buildings. Not a pictorial but well-illustratred with contemporaneous black and white photographs, time tables, maps, etc.