Rails to the North StarRailroads were the countrys first big business providing the nations vital cardiovascular system, setting the tempo of life everywhere. All of it was reflected locally. . . . Rails to the North Star is a masterful catalog of data, a treasure house of useful information, offering one stop shopping in a field central to Minnesotas history. All aboard! Don L. Hofsommer In the 1960s, Richard S. Prosser prepared Rails to the North Star, the first work to