H. Roger Grant

H. Roger Grant (1943/1944 – November 17, 2023) 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 (Indiana University Press, 2023)
• The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience (Indiana University Press, 2022).
• A Mighty Fine Road: A History of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company (Indiana University Press, 2020)
• Transportation and the American People (Indiana University Press, 2019)
• John W. Barringer III: Railroad Legend (Indiana University Press, 2018)
• Rails to the Front: The Role of Railroads in Wartime (with A. J. Veenendaal Jr.), (Karwansaray Publishers, 2017)
• Electric Interurbans and the American People (Indiana University Press (2016)
• Railroaders without Borders: A History of the Railroad Development Corporation (Indiana University Press, 2015)
• The Louisville, Cincinnati, & Charleston Railroad: Dreams of Linking North and South (Indiana University Press, 2014)
• Railroads and the American People (Indiana University Press (2012)
• Twilight Rails: The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Midwest (University of Minnesota Press, 2010).
• Visionary Railroader: Jervis Langdon Jr. and the Transportation Revolution (Indiana University Press, 2008).
• Rails Through the Wiregrass: A History of the Georgia and Florida Railroad (Northern Illinois University Press, 2006)
• The Railroad: The Life Story of a Technology (Greenwood Publishing, 2005)
• Follow the Flag: A History of the Wabash Railroad Company (Northern Illinois University Press, 2004).
• Getting Around: Exploring Transportation History (Krieger Publishing, 2003).
• Iowa Railroads: The Essays of Frank P. Donovan, Jr (University of Iowa Press, 2000)
• Ohio on the Move: Transportation in the Buckeye State (Ohio University Press, 2000)
• The North Western: A History of the Chicago & North Western Railway (Northern Illinois University Press, 1996)
• Erie Lackawanna: Death of An American Railroad (Stanford University Press, 1994)
• Living in the Depot: The Two-Story Railroad Station (University of Iowa Press, 1993)
• Brownie the Boomer: The Life of Charles P. Brown, An American Railroader (Northern Illinois University Press, 1991)
• Spirit Fruit: A Gentle Utopia Northern Illinois University Press, 1988)
• The Corn Belt Route: A History of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company (Northern Illinois University Press, 1984)
• Self-Help in the 1890s Depression (Iowa State University Press, 1983)
• Insurance Reform: Consumer Action in the Progressive Era (Iowa State University Press, 1979)