Well, I saw it "remaindered" in the Walthers catalogue a few years ago,
which is generally not a good sign (it's like in those old "Godzilla"
movies, when they abruptly switch from using a real train to a cheap model
-- you know it's trouble). Walthers was selling it for five or six bucks;
original list was $21. Problem, I think, was that the subject matter was
just too arcane, subtle, or "off-topic" for most readers (railfans and
non-railfans alike). Sorta fell between the cracks.
Too bad. It was a neat little book -- haunting, nostalgic pictures (VERY
different from most "railroad art," but boy do they capture a sense of time
and place!!); and the text provides a lot of insight into why we do what we
do. Highly recommended.
Jonathan
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>In June, 1995, TRAINS magazine specially reviewed the book "STATIONS",
>written by Michael Flanagan. Actually, it was an entire article unto itself.
>The book is a fictional account of railfaning garnished with wonderful
>paintings by the author. In fact, the book started out as a folio of those
>paintings but his publishing house editor, none other than Jacqueline
>Onassis, decided it needed more and so the accompanying fictional text was
>written to tie them all together.
>
>Does anyone on this list know whether this book has developed any special
>following among railfans, art connoisseurs or bibliophiles, or has it simply
>become a curious footnote to the subject of our affection?
>
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