From My Library - Iron Horses: The Illustrated History of the Tracks and Trains of North America by Michael Del Vecchio
From the publisher:Take a trip back to the awesome age of steam transportation. The steam train was once the transportation workhorse of North America. These powerful behemoths belched smoke, steam, and sparks as they roared across the vast virgin landscape. A revolution in transportation, steam engines left in their tracks new industrial towns and the prospect of a bright new future for America.
Iron Horses relives those days when the mighty steam train carved out a new history for North America. Packed with a superb collection of photographs-both color and early black-and-white-it reveals the history of steam trains and the contemporary preservation movement, which has ensured that although the age of steam is long past, it will never be forgotten. In addition Iron Horses features an up-to-date, illustrated A to Z guide to preservation sites and museums-a must for rail aficionados of all ages.
Michael Del Vecchio is one of North America's best known and most respected railroad writers and photographers. For ten years he was an associate editor of Railfan & Railroad magazine. In 1996, both Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures drafted him as an editor. His pictures and writings have appeared in every major railroad magazine in North America, and in magazines all over the world. His previous books include Railroads Across America and contributions to The New Book of Knowledge. Since 1998, Michael has been a railroad industry consultant and freelance photojournalist. As a consultant, he helps short line railroads with marketing and operational issues, and he works with the motion picture industry locating railway equipment and backdrops. He is also a working railroader, employed by a freight hauling short line near his home. Michael presides over the largest railroad historical society in northern New Jersey and is a member of several other rail history groups across the United States.
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