H. Roger Grant


H. Roger Grant was an American railroad historian and author. He died on November 17, 2023, at the age of 79.

Education

In 1970, Grant received a PhD from the University of Missouri.

Career

In 1970, Grant started teaching at The University of Akron. In 1996, he began teaching at Clemson University.

Books

  • Sunset Cluster: A Shortline Railroad Saga
  • The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience.
  • A Mighty Fine Road: A History of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
  • Transportation and the American People
  • John W. Barringer III: Railroad Legend
  • Rails to the Front: The Role of Railroads in Wartime,
  • Electric Interurbans and the American People
  • Railroaders without Borders: A History of the Railroad Development Corporation
  • The Louisville, Cincinnati, & Charleston Railroad: Dreams of Linking North and South
  • Railroads and the American People
  • Twilight Rails: The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Midwest.
  • Visionary Railroader: Jervis Langdon Jr. and the Transportation Revolution.
  • Rails Through the Wiregrass: A History of the Georgia and Florida Railroad
  • The Railroad: The Life Story of a Technology
  • Follow the Flag: A History of the Wabash Railroad Company.
  • Getting Around: Exploring Transportation History.
  • Iowa Railroads: The Essays of Frank P. Donovan, Jr
  • Ohio on the Move: Transportation in the Buckeye State
  • The North Western: A History of the Chicago & North Western Railway
  • Erie Lackawanna: Death of An American Railroad
  • Living in the Depot: The Two-Story Railroad Station
  • Brownie the Boomer: The Life of Charles P. Brown, An American Railroader
  • Spirit Fruit: A Gentle Utopia Northern Illinois University Press, 1988)
  • The Corn Belt Route: A History of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
  • Self-Help in the 1890s Depression
  • ''Insurance Reform: Consumer Action in the Progressive Era''