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Railroad Vision: Steam Era Images from the Trains Magazine ArchivesFrom Quantuck Lane Press

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Railroad Vision: Steam Era Images from the Trains Magazine ArchivesFrom Quantuck Lane Press

Railroad Vision: Steam Era Images from the Trains Magazine ArchivesFrom Quantuck Lane Press



Railroad Vision: Steam Era Images from the Trains Magazine ArchivesFrom Quantuck Lane Press

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This elegant volume celebrates the 75th anniversary of Trains Magazine, the premier publication in its field.

Drawing on the Trains archive of more than 120,000 images, Jeff Brouws and Wendy Burton have confined their selections for this book to the steam era, selecting 156 photographs that immerse us in that captivating period covering the first half of the twentieth century. Seen here are legendary locomotives from famous railroads such as New York Central, Norfolk & Western, and Union Pacific and the lost world of the steam short line as well as the intimate details of railroading: gallant locomotive engineers, gritty roundhouse workers, elegantly uniformed conductors. Each photograph is accompanied by an extended caption by Kevin P. Keefe, whose long association with Trains includes stints as editor-in-chief and publisher. Keefe also has written an introductory essay about the history of the magazine and its founder, A. C. Kalmbach, and legendary editor David P. Morgan, and their impact on the field of railroad photography. 156 duo-tone images

Railroad Vision: Steam Era Images from the Trains Magazine ArchivesFrom Quantuck Lane Press

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #382225 in Books
  • Published on: 2015-10-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 11.10" h x 1.10" w x 12.00" l, .0 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 200 pages
Railroad Vision: Steam Era Images from the Trains Magazine ArchivesFrom Quantuck Lane Press

About the Author Jeff Brouws  is a fine art photographer and part-time writer who has nine books to his credit, authoring five on railroad photography alone. He has been published in Trains, the NRHS Bulletin and the R&LHS Quarterly. A book of his own photographs, Approaching Nowhere (also from W. W. Norton) was published in 2006. His photographs can be found in major institutional collections around the country including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Princeton University Art Museum, Harvard’s Fogg Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.Wendy Burton is a photographer whose work is included in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the North Dakota Museum of Art among others. She has worked in the publishing industry for thirty-five years in various capacities. She and her husband Jeff Brouws have produced five books of railroad photography including The Call of Trains, A Passion for Trains, Steam: An Enduring Legacy, Some Vernacular Railroad Photographs and A Steam Odyssey.Kevin P. Keefe is vice president-editorial for Kalmbach Publishing Co., publishers of Trains magazine. He joined the Trains staff in 1987 and was Editor from 1992 through 2000. He is also a Director of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art. Keefe was born in Chicago in 1951 and grew up in Niles, Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State University’s School of Journalism in 1973. He worked for various daily newspapers in Michigan before joining the Milwaukee Sentinel in 1980. Keefe lives in Milwaukee and writes frequently for Trains and its sister magazine, Classic Trains.


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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. The Perfect Book for the Railroad Lover In Your Life or Family By Roger C. Parker It's often hard to find a truly "stand out" gift for someone you really care about, one that they will genuinely appreciate for years to come.That's why, if you know someone, like a parent or grandparent, who loves trains, you should consider Railroad Vision: Steam Era Images from the Trains Magazine Archive. This is a book that will make a statement that you put thought into the gift.For decades, (7 and a half, in fact), Trains Magazine has been known as "THE Magazine of Railroading." Railroad Vision is a large format (11.1 by 12.1 inches) book containing over 150 beautifully reproduced black and white photographs chosen from the more than 120,000 photographs in the Trains Magazine archives.Photo placement and reproduction are impressive; as I said to my wife, the pages are worthy of being removed, framed, and hung on the wall. The photographs speak for themselves, surrounded by white space to emphasize the dramatic tonal quality of the photos. The lack of distraction on each page enhances the each photo's impact. Many photographs extend over both the left-hand and right-hand pages.The only text on the page, other than the discrete page numbers, identifies each photo by plate number, location, date, and photographer. A separate section at the end of the book contains thumbnails of each photo, plus a more detailed caption. What's interesting is that, after a few days of exploring the photographs, I found the smaller thumbnails and longer captions took me back to the original photographs for a second, or even, a third look.Railroad Vision is not just for train lovers, however. It's a great gift for anyone who appreciates black and white, story-telling photography of what could be called "The American Transportation Experience." The majority of the photographs include people--railroad workers, passengers, and bystanders in a variety of roles. The trains may play the starring role, but the people and the rural and urban landscape provide the context that tells the story.Often, the people only emerge to tell their story after you've looked at a photograph more than once. It's often after a second look that you realize the effort it took to not only run, but prepare and maintain, steam locomotives and the tracks and bridges they passed over. In other cases, people are missing, and the photograph captures the loneliness and often mundane tasks that accompanied many railroading jobs.Weather and darkness also play a major role in the pictures. Many photographs capture the loneliness that fog creates, or the drama of well-lit photographs emerging against a black background. Other photographs are panned, i.e., the cameras moved as a train passed, blurring the background and emphasizing the speed and power of steam-driven railroading.You don't have to be a railroad lover to love this book. But, if you are, you're certain to find numerous photographs that resonate. (And, many may end up hung on your wall.)

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Many excellent photographs, an outstanding introduction By Whitelinefever Many excellent photographs, an outstanding introduction, and many excellent photographers represented. A few images were a little "muddy", either through poor exposure or reproduction, but the majority are very well done. The picture of the CNW station at Barrington, Illinois, was of particular interest - though taken many years before I was born, I later spent many a cold, wet morning on that platform waiting for commuter runs to take me to work in Chicago. If you want to get some mental picture of what steam railroading in the early 20th century was like, this collection is a good place to start.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five Stars By John W. Schultz Fantastic photos of Steam trains

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