Re: [CBQ] New CB&Q Book?

["Scott Myers myers.scottv@gmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Yes, that is the book description I was referring to.  Seems difficult (for me anyway) to determine from this just what these photos are of.

Scott Myers

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Bryan Howell tubaman21@yahoo.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

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 Lee & Esther Bubley

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

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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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