Scott-
AFAIK the Burlington Observation Car book is not out yet.
Each of the recent books has just enough new, unpublished material in it to
make it necessary not to pass up for a CB&Q nut.
Of course, Schultz's book will come out just as the last of these goes on
the shelf and will eclipse everything published on Zephyrs
to date.
Ain't it great???
Charlie Vlk
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From: "Myers, Scott V." <svmyers@southernco.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:06 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Recent Zephyr Books
> We have been blessed (or is it cursed for those of us without unlimited
> resources) with a number of recent books dealing with the topic of
> Zephyrs. There have been a number of postings this year regarding
> announcements for these publications, and I am interested in folks'
> opinions regarding these books. I am considering which to buy among the
> books Burlington Route - Postwar Zephyrs by Doughty, Burlington Zephyrs
> - Train Tech Series by Souter, Burlington Zephyr Photo Archive, and
> Burlington Route Streamlined Observation Cars. I have to assume there
> is a fair amount of duplication between these books and the similar
> books that I already own (Burlington's Zephyrs, The Early Zephyrs, Of
> Zephyrs and Commuters, and The Passenger Car Library Vol.1 CB&Q). I
> think this is all the recent Zephyr/Streamlined Passenger Car related
> books.
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> As I say, it is difficult to tell what is covered in these various
> publications (perhaps someone knows a source of book reviews for them),
> so I am hoping some of you who own them or are familiar with them can
> offer some advice.
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> I do have a printed copy of a posting to the group from back in April of
> Hol Wagner's comments on Burlington Route Streamlined Observation Cars
> where he mentions a number of "miscues" in the earlier Santa Fe version
> of the book and expresses hopes that the same errors will not occur in
> the CB&Q book. Did his concerns prove to be valid or did the book turn
> out to be relatively free of errors?
>
> Scott Myers
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