The years between the end of World War II and the mid-1960s saw a flowering of railroad photography in America, particularly that which captured the railroads at night. Starlight on the Rails, a stylish and moving book of gorgeous duotone photography, offers a poetic glimpse of silent stations, lonely motormen, and the last great steam engines.

Starlight On the Rails

Arts & Photography

STEINHEIMER, Richard

Brouws, Jeff

Delvers, Ed

Photography & Video

Harry N. Abrams

A lovely, lyrical appreciation of what remains one of the toughest and busiest passes negotiated by rail. The 105 good color photos and their captions justify the book; but we find the description of the now departed mole people of Norden, traversing their tunnels under 20 feet of snow, to be of equal charm 10x8.5". Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Diesels over Donner: Mountain Soul of the Southern Pacific

Dorn, Dick

Business & Money

Interurban Press

Volume 2 in this series focusses on Northern California covering traction, interurbans, mainline action, branch lines and the narrow gauges. With black and white as well as color photos. Includes lovely little map by John Signor. 112 pages.

Growing Up with Trains II: A Northern California Album (Interurbans Special 88)

Science & Math

Benson, Ted

Technology

Cloth with dust jacket, 192 pages, 8.5x11"; 321 photos; maps and drawings, timetables, bibliography, index. "Through the rugged Western mountains of Montana, Idaho and Washington, the Milwaukee Road electrification powered heavy-duty railroading in a challenging environment. Richard Steinheimer's classic interpretive photographs and stories have no peer as an account of what the men and machines of this operation were like. This famous book now is back in print in a second edition. "For nearly 60 years, the orange and black locomotives of the Milwaukee Road's western electrified lines wheeled tonnage freights and deluxe passenger trains up and over the tortuous grades of the Bitterroot and Cascade mountain ranges. From its inception, this pioneer mainline railroad electrification project proved to the world that heavy service utilization of long-distance electric railway technology was one possible vision of railroading's bright future. "Richard Steinheimer is the Dean of railroad photographers in the American West. Born in 1929, he began photography as part of his boyhood interest in trains in Glendale, California, starting out with a 127 Baby Brownie Special in the mid-1940s. He soon was taking distinctive photographs which were recognized across the United States and beyond as among the finest being created by any railroad photographer. "In his career, he has become well known throughout the photographic and railfan worlds, and his emphasis on railroads of the West has yielded numerous publications in magazines and books, as well as his own volumes, Backwoods Railroads of the West and Western Trains, and co-authored volumes such as Growing Up With Trains, Diesels Over Donner, and Whistles Across the Land. He has also been the subject of two books, Done Honest &amp; True, and A Passion for Trains. In 1983 the Railway &amp; Locomotive Historical Society presented him their first-ever Senior Achievement Award in Photography.

The Electric Way Across The Mountains: Stories Of The Milwaukee Road Electrification

Carbarn Press

Steinheimer's superb black and white photos of, chiefly, western trains and trainmen are accompanied by the authoritative text of Ted Benson. The book covers the transition from steam to diesel with a trailer into the merger age. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Done Honest & True: Richard Steinheimer's Half Century of Rail Photography

Individual Artists

Pentrex

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