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Also available from Mile Post 206 is The Burlington Calendar — 2013 with 13 pho- tos, two in color, of scenes along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, mostly in the steam era. Subjects include cowboys on horseback chatting with the rear-end crew on a stock train in the 1930s; the interior of Congress Park tower; two steam wreckers clearing a derailment at Mendota, Ill.; a recently shopped O5 4-8-4 on freight; a burly 2-10-4 on a coal train; a group of officials posed in front of inspection engine No. 388 in 1928; pooled Burlington and Union Pacific GP30s on Sherman Hill in 1963; a Colorado & Southern 2-10-2 on freight in 1958 (color); a steam shovel at work digging a cut; a doodle- bug and trailer in 1959 (color); and finally a Burlington flatbed truck decked out for a pa- rade in 1937. The calendar sells for $12.95 plus $5.00 shipping from the above address. The Pennsylvania Railroad Volume I by


Albert J. Churella is available from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania Press. Subtitled Building an Empire 1846-1917, this hefty tome traces the evolution of transportation in the Keystone State from the publicly fi- nanced Main Line of Public Works (a system of canals joined by short railroads) that con- nected Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in the early 1800s, to the nascent Pennsylvania Railroad’s inception in 1846 and its develop- ment through the Civil War era to World War I. At the turn of the 20th century, the PRR was the largest privately owned organiza- tion in the world and employed 280,000 peo- ple, more than twice as many as served in the U.S. Army at the time. The PRR estab- lished a corporate structure along with labor relations and managerial


practices  50 JANUARY 2013 • RAILFAN.COM that


were widely imitated among the country’s developing industrial firms. The relationship between private business and government was also defined largely by the Pennsy, and


The Burlington Waycars color poster from Mile Post 206 Publishing features a photograph (below) of express being un- loaded from a side-door caboose at Albia, Iowa, on March 10, 1964, taken by the Rev. Clark R. Bailey. This image also graces the cover of the hardcover book The Burlington Waycars, which was reviewed in the June 2012 issue. The poster measures 16″×20″ overall with a 10″×14″ image area, is print- ed on heavy 110 lb. archival paper, and comes shipped in a sturdy tube ready for framing. It sells for $15.00 plus $3.00 ship- ping from Mile Post 206 Publishing, Inc. Dept. RF, P.O. Box 543, West Burlington, IA 52655-0543; theburlingtonwaycars.com.


the company, together with its suppliers, drove technological innovation as locomo- tives and cars rapidly grew larger and more powerful, able to move more freight and pas- sengers farther and faster than the previous generation. Improvements in track construc- tion, bridges, and the introduction of train control systems in the form of wayside sig- nals allowed the railroad to handle even more traffic safely. While the book is sparsely illustrated, the text is lively, interesting, well organized, and very thoroughly researched. This 976-page, 8¹/₂″×11″ hardcover has 92 b&w illustrations and retails for $75.00 plus $5.00 shipping from University of Pennsyl- vania Press, Hopkins Fulfillment Services, P.O. Box 50370, Hampden Station, Balti- more,


MD 21211-4370, 800/537-5487;


http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15 011.html; PA residents add sales tax. Con- tact the publisher for foreign orders. Michigan’s Historic Railroad Stations by


Michael H. Hodges has been released by Wayne State University Press. This trim, handsome volume documents 31 Michigan depots large and small, ranging from the gritty, foreboding, and abandoned Michigan Central depot and office building in Detroit and the long-suffering, burned-out Potter Street station in Saginaw to the distinctive, delightful, and well-preserved structures which served such small towns as Charlevoix, Dexter, Petoskey, and Holly. Sev- eral of the state’s larger cities including Niles, Ann Arbor, Jackson, and Kalamazoo are home to thriving restored depots. 148 current and historic photographs are com- bined with a lively text to successfully cap- ture the essence of Hodges’ subjects as he discusses each structure’s history, its archi- tectural style, how it fits into its environ- ment, and its current condition and use. Plenty of individual close-up photos high- light the many distinctive architectural de- tails that adorn these buildings from an ear- lier time. This 186-page, 11″×8¹/₂″ hardcover is a well-printed and nicely designed pack- age that sells for $39.95 plus $5.50 shipping from Wayne State University Press Dept. RF, 4809 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201-1309; www.wsupress.wayne.edu; 800/978-7323. MI residents add sales tax. Confessions of a Railroad Crew Van Driv-


er by Darrell D. Wendt is new from South Platte Press. The author, a railfan, worked eight years for Renzenberger out of Omaha, Nebr., and he describes the van driver’s du- ties, which extend beyond providing a taxi service to working with crews to reduce their legwork and help expedite operations. Wendt talks of long days on the road, his oc- casionally humorous passengers,


and


treacherous hours spent driving through snowstorms and, one time, being chased 70 miles down the Interstate by a tornado. You’ll gain new insights into this little-re- marked aspect of rail operations. This 104- page 5¹/₂″×8¹/₂″ softcover is salted with a nice variety of 75 b&w photos taken by the author along the way and retails for $14.95 plus $5.00 shipping from South Platte Press P.O. Box 163, David City, NE 68632; www.southplattepress.com. add sales tax.


NE residents


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