by James J. Reisdorff & Michael M. Bartels
Publisher: The Garbely Publishing Company
Released: October 15, 2016
ISBN: 978-0-9966963-2-6
Pages: 104
Railroads
have a unique impact on the places we live. They stir commerce and
profoundly impact business, but most importantly, railroads shape
communities. The management of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad (CB&Q), popularly known as the "Burlington Route," was
acutely aware of the impact that their railroad had on the region it
served. In 1948, the CB&Q commissioned professional photojournalists
Russell Lee and Esther Bubley to document the influence of the
Burlington Route on the communities it traversed.
This title is a
study of Granger Country: A Pictorial Social History of the Burlington
Railroad, a company-sponsored publication from 1949 that originally
included a small portion of the hundreds of images produced by Lee and
Bubley for the CB&Q. This new book from The Garbely Publishing
Company features some of their best black and white photography from
that project. The entire Granger Country collection now resides at the
Newberry Library in Chicago, which has graciously allowed authors
Reisdorff and Bartels to take readers on a journey around the post-World
War II Burlington system by telling the stories behind the images.
The
Lee and Bubley photographs illustrate the people, places and machines
that were intrinsic to the CB&Q of the 1940s. They show an era when
steam power still chuffed across the Plains, when “train time” was still
the epoch of any community’s day. See how new Zephyr streamliners and
diesel-electric locomotives were then securing their foothold on the
Burlington Route, and take a ride Everywhere West through Granger
Country.
| | | | The Burlington Route In Focus: The Granger Country Photography of Russell L... by James J. Reisdorff & Michael M. Bartels Publisher: The Garbely Publishing Company Released: October 15, ... | | | |
Bryan J. Howell
From: "Scott Myers myers.scottv@gmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 4:17 PM
Subject: [CBQ] New CB&Q Book?
I came across an ad for what I think is a new book related to the CB&Q. Its called "The Burlington Route in Focus", and is described as a pictorial profile of the post WWII years to document the impact of the railroad on the communities served by the Q. Beyond that, it is hard to tell from the descriptions I have found just what is covered by the book, i.e., is it RR equipment and/or facilities, or is it more about the communities themselves?
Does anyone have a familiarity with this book that can elaborate on its contents?
Thanks,
Scott Myers
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