The sound of the lonesome whistle at night, the smell of smoke-filled stations, the sight of massive locomotives thundering up hill and down dale—all these are part of the great appeal of trains. Victor Hand and Harold Edmonson have traveled the world photographing railroading's "big show". Together they have captured in vivid descriptions and nearly 150 stunning color pictures, including Trains in action, in locations as beautiful and varied as Java, the Andes, Japan, Britain, Spain, America, South Africa, Mexico, France and Australasia.
Harold A. Edmonson Knihy
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) The Water Level Route: the New York Central Railroad in New York State -- 2.) Union Pacific Railroad: trunk line across Wyoming -- 3.) The North American passenger train -- 4.) Rio Grande narrow gauge: remnant of another era -- 5.) The big show recreated: North American steam in excursion service -- 6.) Mexican Main Line: big engines south of the border -- 7.) Andean spectacular: the Belgrano Railway in northern Argentina -- 8.) Coal for the mills of Volta Redonda: Estrada de Ferro Dona Teresa Christina -- 9.) Le Mans -- 10.) The canyon of the Rio Jalon -- 11.) Crossroads of Britain: Carlisle, Shap and Beattock -- 12.) Up the escarpment: South African Railways climbs to the Highveld -- 13.) Empties uphill, ore down: the Swaziland Railway -- 14.) The Great Karroo -- 15.) The Lootsberg Pass -- 16.) Arthur's Pass: crossing New Zealand's southern alps -- 17.) Steaming to Sydney: modern steam power in New South Wales -- 18.) Java: motive power miscellany -- 19.) Hokkaido: Japanese steam in the snow.