Bill, I tried John's home page link from your email, and it does not work. I am
interested in knowing more about his videos. How much and how to get them.
Thanks
Ray Bedard
San Jose cA
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> From: cbq_bill@sbcglobal.net
> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 05:08:22 +0000
> Subject: [CBQ] Re: 2010 Calendar: Photographer's Name
>
> Yes, this is a great BRHS calendar. On the back, the young photographer in
> the black & white photo looks to me like John Szwajkart. He has published
> books (Trainwatcher's Guides to Chicago, St. Louis, & Kansas City) and many
> railroad videos & DVDs. He attenda various RR shows with his extensive
> collection of VHS & DVD RR films. I sometimes see him listed in the credits
> of various railfan books as a contributor, like SPV's Rail Atlas for
> Illinois. His home page is:
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~szwajkart/index.html
>
> I have a couple of great videos of his.
>
> The "CB&Q Collection C5" is about an hour long and contains CB&Q steam from
> the 1950's through the steam fan trip era in the 1960's. Ther is also some
> footage of diesels in the late 1960's and early BN era. CB&Q's 4-8-4, 2-10-4,
> 4-6-4, 2-8-2, and some switchers are featured at Galesburg, Savanah, Ottawa,
> Serena, Wedron, Denrock, suburban territory, & othe places. There is no
> narration and the DVD is silent (filmed in 8mm with out sound). It is in
> color. It would be great if John would present this film at a BRHS meet and
> tell us his memories of these trips. It is so fantastic that John and other
> film photographers captured the Q for those of us too young (and/or too far
> away) to have witnessed it firsthand.
>
> The second one is "BR 9911 Runs on the BN Main Line". This color film has
> sound and some narration. It follows the CB&Q 9911 Silver Pilot and Nebraska
> Zephyr from West Chicago along the Aurora branch to Aurora, and then on to
> Galesburg. I think it was filmed sometime in the 1990's.
>
> He may also have the following films available: "CB&Q E9 North to Canada",
> "Rush Hour on the BN", and "Train Watching in Kansas City". I do not have
> these myself and therefore can not provide any review.
>
> If John Szwajkart is the author, I wonder if they held off on the calendars
> publication to verify the spelling of his last name, but then some how
> overlooked inserting the last name. Whoever the photographer is, thank you
> very much for sharing your photos with BRHS and thanks to all of the BRHS
> members involved with the publication and mailing of the calendar.
>
> FYI: I am not a dealor, vendor, or in any way involved with John Szwajkart's
> railfan video business (other than as an occasional customer).
>
> Bill H
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "dehosler@..." <dehosler@...> wrote:
> >
> > I am with Rich. The calendar is great. Nice work! But what is John's last
> > name?
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Rob & Bev Manley" <robev1630@> wrote:
> > >
> > > He is named John.
> > >
> > >
> > > I hope this helps.
> > > Rob
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: rgortowski@
> > > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:11 PM
> > > Subject: [CBQ] 2010 Calendar
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I just received an absolutely beautiful CB&Q calendar today. Well worth
> > > the wait. The only problem is, unless I'm missing something, the
> > > photographer is not identified. Can someone tell me who he is?
> > >
> > > Rich
> > >
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