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and the Moffat Tunnel. It’s all the things that I didn’t know–the things that can’t be understood without re- peated observation–the details of the railroad that made the Rio Grande what it was to so many fans. Since 1976, R. C. Farewell has been documenting those little details with a remarkable talent for capturing the ex- traordinary surrounding landscape while at the same time bringing a Rio Grande essence to the scene. Take the cover shot, for example: A photo of snow covered peaks towering over sil- ver Budd-built domes could be from any number of western routes, but in the distance waiting for the sleek pas- senger train to pass is a unit with those distinctive Rio Grande stripes on the nose to tell us we’re looking at the Rio Grande Zephyr on the Moffat Route. As a life-long HO modeler, perhaps Farewell is especially tuned in to the details or railroading while trackside, and as a result this book would serve any western modeler well for ideas and prototype equipment references. Pho- tos of all manners of signals, switches, bridges, code lines, maintenence-of- way equipment, work trains, and line- side structures are included along the way. The book is roughly ordered geo- graphically from east to west, with the largest chapters dedicated to the Mof- fat Route and Tennessee Pass, and ad- ditional chapters covering the Western Slope, the Royal Gorge, Ruby Canyon, the Cane Creek Branch, and the desert landscapes on the western end of the
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line. In each chapter, Farewell shares train logs (generally from the late 1970’s or early 80’s) from a given date and location with full operational de- tails including train number and type, loaded and empty car count, motive power, helper use, train length, and tonnage. Satellite maps with siding lo- cations and major roads are also in- cluded across the route, as are track profiles. The author’s detailed records are certainly an excellent reference, but this is much more than a reference book. Interspersed throughout are per- sonal stories from three decades of ex- ploring the Rio Grande route. Adven- tures such as getting temporarily stranded along with UP m.o.w. trucks by heavy snow near Crescent on the front range and traveling the aban- doned four-wheel drive access roads in the high deserts of Utah, details of the old general store at Pinecliffe and the long-abandoned Silver Grill Café in downtown Thompson, Utah (pop. 39), and the story of chasing the final trains through the Royal Gorge all impart a personal touch to the book with which I think any railfan will identify. The fact this collection spans a peri- od of enormous change on the railroad adds variety to the content and the feel of the photos, and brings a strong over- all narrative to the book. On the title page we see a classic 1978 shot of the Rio Grande Zephyr rounding a curve into the sunlight with an F9A unit on the point. Fast forward 30 years and 280 pages, and we find an Amtrak Su-
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