Train Pictures, 1946-1957

Train Pictures, 1946-1957
Author: Charles B. McCreary
Publisher: Malabar Rails Publishing
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2011
Genre: Railfans
ISBN: 9780615359601

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 Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg

The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg
Author: Tony Reevy
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2019-02-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0253036682

Bon vivant, railroad historian, photographer, pioneering food critic, chronicler of New York's café society, and noted newspaperman, Lucius Beebe (1902–1966) was an American original. In 1938, with the publication of High Iron: A Book of Trains, he transformed the world of railroad-subject photography forever by inventing the railroad picture book genre. In 1940, he met creative and life partner Charles Clegg (1916–1979), also a talented photographer. Beebe and Clegg produced an outstanding and diverse portfolio of mid-twentieth century railroad-subject photographs. Beebe, sometimes with Clegg, also authored about forty books, including many focused on railroads and railroading. The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg brings their incredible story and best photographic work together. Providing an extensive biographic introduction to Beebe and Clegg, author Tony Reevy presents a multi-faceted view of the railroad industry that will appeal to rail enthusiasts as well as those interested in American food culture, the history of New York City, and LGBT studies. The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg is an indispensable history to the work of two men who forever changed the way we see and experience American railroads.

Passenger Train Abandonment

Passenger Train Abandonment
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Aeronautics
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1967
Genre: Railroads
ISBN:

Hearings

Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1852
Release: 1967
Genre:
ISBN:

The Rutland Road

The Rutland Road
Author: Jim Shaughnessy
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1997-03-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780815604693

One would be challenged to find a railroad to compare scenically and historically with the Rutland Railroad. With Yankee persistence, it struggled for its existence in the snows of Vermont and northern New York for more than one hundred years. Running through territory amply covered by larger and stronger lines, it survived bankruptcy, receivership, flood, unequal competition, seizure, depression, and strikes. Its vestigial remains operate in a small area to this day. Jim Shaughnessy—award-winning railroad photographer and authority—discusses the Rutland's entire history thoroughly, from preconstrnction in 1831 to the present. In this updated edition, the author covers the history of the three lines that continued to operate after the demise of the Rutland Railroad-the Vermont Railway, the Green Mountain Railroad, and the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority. Lavishly illustrated with more than 500 incomparable photographs (including those by railroad photographer Philip R. Hastings), The Rutland Road has other features for the railroad enthusiast and historian alike: maps, charts, reproductions of advertisements, a detailed index with engine rosters, a chronology of the Rutland Railroad, and other significant statistical information.

Hearings

Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1756
Release: 1967
Genre:
ISBN:

Passenger Train Service

Passenger Train Service
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1100
Release: 1968
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: