Hi Ray,
Who is the publisher of this book? I would like to find out more
about it. Appears to be a great book based on topic and on your
description.
Thanks,
Bill
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Ray Bedard" <tczephyr@...> wrote:
>
> I just bought the new book by John F Strauss Jr,
titled "Burlington Route
> Passenger Trains Volume One" 208 pages with tons of B&W and color
photos.
>
> I really like the book, paid $50 at the Train Shop in San Jose CA
(has a
> list price of $60).
>
> There are tons of photos that I have never seen before. The
majority of the
> photos come from Otto Perry collection.
>
> There is a wealth of detailed written information about train
consists,
> types of cars used in the consists with names and numbers and even
examples
> of a specific date lising the engine number and all the cars in
that
> particular consist.
>
> And it covers ALL of the Q trains including fast mail trains, not
just the
> big name trains. Most of the information lists consists of the
1930's up to
> the Zephyr era.
>
> The only thing that I am disappointed in is the quality of some
(NOT ALL) of
> the photos. It appears to me that the author/publisher attempted
to enhance
> many of the photos and in doing so resulted in some distortion. It
almost
> appears that who ever did the digital enhansments used an low cost
software
> program and then attempted to enhance only a portion of the photo,
resulting
> in poor quality.
>
> Having said that I STILL am glad I purchased the book and am
really
> impressed with the overall contents. I would recommend this book
to anyone
> who is interested in Burlington passenger consists.
>
> I look forward to seeing his next volume on the Q, not certain
what it will
> cover, but I am sure it too will be added to my library. I just
hope that he
> makes improvements when enhancing any photos.
>
> Ray Bedard
> San Jose CA
>
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