Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Railfan
Author: Train Pictures, 1946-1957
Author: Charles B. McCrearyPublisher: Malabar Rails Publishing
ISBN: 9780615359601
Category : Railfans
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Two teenage railfans are at trackside with their cameras--John at age fifteen and Chuck at fourteen--starting an adventure that will last from 1946 until 1957, searching for train pictures. The story beings on their hometown railroad, the Chicago & North Western, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Then for the next twelve years they move on, expanding their search for trains to Milwaukee, Chicago, the Twin Cities, Western Pennsylvania and Montana. Train Pictures is the gorgeous result of their years of train searching. The book's 440 pages include more than 400 train photos, including 227 steam engines and 165 first-generation diesels, all with ample captions. Additionally, the 25 chapters include 38 sidebars, 50 non-railroad photos, and 13 maps.
The Western Railroader, for the Western Railfan
Author: Western Railroader and the Western Railfan
Author: The Western Railroader
Author: Railfan & Railroad
Author: Wallace W. Abbey
Author: Scott LothesPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253032253
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
From the late 1940s onward, Wallace W. Abbey masterfully combined journalistic and artistic vision to transform everyday transportation moments into magical photographs. Abbey, a photographer, journalist, historian, and railroad industry executive, helped people from many different backgrounds understand and appreciate what was taken for granted: a world of locomotives, passenger trains, big-city terminals, small-town depots, and railroaders. During his lifetime he witnessed and photographed sweeping changes in the railroading industry from the steam era to the era of diesel locomotives and electronic communication. Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography profiles the life and work of this legendary photographer and showcases the transformation of transportation and photography after World War II. Featuring more than 175 exquisite photographs in an oversized format, Wallace W. Abbey is an outstanding tribute to a gifted artist and the railroads he loved.
Railway Heritage and Tourism
Author: Michael V. ConlinPublisher: Channel View Publications
ISBN: 1845414381
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This is the first book of its kind to examine railway heritage in the context of tourism in a comprehensive, internationally relevant manner. It explores the challenges faced by developers and operators of railway heritage destinations including financial, legal and managerial sustainability in the modern tourism industry. These themes are exemplified by a variety of case studies of railway heritage in tourism from regions around the world including North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Australasia. The volume will be of particular interest to scholars of cultural tourism as well as researchers and practitioners of industrial heritage tourism, along with graduate and senior undergraduate students.
The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler
Author: Scott LothesPublisher:
ISBN: 9781734563504
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler showcases the black-and-white imagery of a master of the craft. Furler (1917-1994) grew up in New Jersey and helped pioneer the "action shot" to show trains at speed. He faithfully and dramatically documented the final decade of steam operations in the northeastern United States with technically-superior and often creative images portraying the trains in their environments. While his work appeared frequently in early issues of Trains magazine in the 1940s and 1950s, it has rarely been seen since. As someone who helped write the rules for railroad action photography, an examination of Furler's photography is long overdue.
Bob the Railway Dog
Author: Corinne FentonPublisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763680974
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Bob the Railway Dog was everyone's friend in the early days of the Australian railroad. Based on a real dog who rode the rails in the late nineteenth century.