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graphs and maps. From the beginning of Santa Fe history to its merger with Burlington Northern, the author has assembled an incredible set of images, and a great set of maps that comple- ment each chapter to produce an out- standing piece of literature. The nice thing is that all eras of Los Angeles Division are very well illus- trated. Backshops, early steam opera- tions on predecessor California South- ern, early diesels, low-nose diesels, Fairbanks-Morse, EMD, Alco, Baldwin, San Bernardino backshops, stations, notable individuals, aerial shots, turntables, roundhouses, rolling stock, track, whatever makes a railroad is well chronicled in both color and black and white, including a whole raft of im- ages most of us have never seen before. There are Budd RDCs, Alco Alliga-
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tors, HH660s, the Union Pacific’s oper- ations on Santa Fe’s Cajon Pass track- age, San Diegans, double-headed steam, and warbonnets of all stripes. It even has a photo of one of my favorite Santa Fe diesels; Alco RS-1 2394. The unit, complete with steam gen- erator, was the passenger station
switcher at San Diego for years. Watch- ing the 1,000 h.p. road-switcher con- stantly shove back and forth was even more enjoyable with the knowledge it was the only one of the railroad’s small fleet of such units to be station in Cali- fornia. It’s a small thing in the course of human events, but seeing it brought back nice memories. Modelers will find this book an excel-
lent source of material, as well. There are plenty of close-up photos, and con- versely, plenty of overall scene photos giving you not only the sense of what equipment and rolling stock was used in any particular period, but also the terrain and “atmosphere” of the time. Very important information. Why am I so ecstatic about this book?
Because I grew up in Southern Califor- nia and watched and photographed the Santa Fe since the early 1960s. That of course, is just a short period of time compared to the length and breadth of the coverage found in this book. Howev- er, it has given me enough familiarity with the railway to acknowledge that Signor not only knows what he’s talking about, but he enlightened me on so much familiar territory. His thoroughness as an author and
his talent as an editor deliver a solid addition to anyone’s library.–BOB MILLER
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