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107 TRAINS • OTHER SEE PAGE 105 Trains: Photography of A. Aubrey Bodine. Jennifer B. Bodine. This book is A. Aubrey Bo- dine’s archive of train photographs chronicling mid-20th-century rail transportation and the people working on the railroad. Bodine’s images of steam and diesel locomotives document an era passed.These images demonstrate Bodine’s eye for railroads. Size: 9 1/8"x 8 1/8" • 121 b/w images • 128pp. • ISBN: 978-0-7643-5493-9 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Smoke over Steamtown Dennis A. Livesey. Through 131 color and black- and-white photographs of Steamtown, a heritage railroad, and the stories of veteran trainmen, readers will experience the thrill of the steam railroad, a system that dominated the USA for over 100 years and helped build a nation. Size: 12"x9" • 131 color and b/w images and illustrations • 120pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5127-3 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Iron Trails of North America: 1978–2008 Robert W. Burns. Modern trains, including the famous Santa Fe Railway to CSX and ALCO lines that crossed North America in the last thirty years. Over 450 color photos show engines and trains in use at breathtaking locations across the continent. Learn about modern-day railroad mergers and engine markings, histories, unique characteristics, and the web of routes in the transportation system. Size: 8.5"x11" • 453 color photos • 176pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3262-3•HC•$49.99 / £45.99 / 72.00 CAD Baldwin Locomotives 100s of detailed etchings and diagrams of this illustrious firm’s locomotives, completewithdetailed descriptions of the locomotives, parts, and constructiondirect fromthe company that produced them. Founded inPhiladelphia in 1831, the Baldwin LocomotiveWorks was known for their 2-8-2Mikado locomotives, along with many unique designs built in small numbers. Size: 11"x8.5" • over 200 images • 328pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3376-7 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / 56.99 CAD Train Wrecks: A Pictorial History of Accidents on the Main Line Robert Reed. American railroad history is filled with accounts of misadventure. Steam boilers blew up. Bridges collapsed under the weight of heavy engines. Locomotives crashed head-on because of signal failures. Passenger cars derailed, often with dire results. Size: 8.5"x11" • 298 bw photos • 184pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-0136-0• PB•$19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Fast Trains Worldwide Thomas Estler. The quest for greater speed is almost as old as the railroad itself. In the 19th and in the first half of the 20th centuries, notable things were being done under the slogan “Speed is the key." This book outlines the history of high speed locomotives, frommore than 20 countries representing Europe, Asia, Australia, and is essential for the train and railway aficionado. Size: 8.5"x11" • 151 color photos • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4447-3 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD OTHER Stagecoach: Rare Views of the Old West, 1849–1915 Sandor Demlinger. Vintage photographs explore stage- coaches, the horse drawn wagons, the towns, and the frontier people with first-person narratives. Size:11"x8.5"•283historicphotos•176pp. ISBN:0-7643-2124-2•PB•$24.95/£22.99 / 34.95 CAD
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