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)