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GRAND CANYON
PHOTO SAFARI
To mark the withdrawal of
Grand Canyon Railway 2-8-
No. 29 from service, TRAINS
magazine and the GCR will
run a photo special October
26–27. To reserve a spot, go
to http://www.thetrain.com/trains
or call (800) 843-8799.70’s Style: Passenger Trains
around New York City
By George Hamlin. The Railroad Press,
Hanover, Pa. 64 pages, $29.95.The 1970s were a colorful time for
railroading in the Northeast, figu-
ratively and literally. It was the
last decade for some classic paint
schemes, from the Central of New
Jersey to Long Island Rail Road,
also the start of Amtrak and New
York’s MTA. The book is split into
seven chapters covering various
lines and operators around Goth-
am. There is one map showing
the passenger operations in the
region. Images that are identified
by date span 1970–79 and are pre-
dominantly shot by the author.
The book is comprised of lengthy
captions that focus on equipment
and train operations. While short,
this is a good look at an under-
represented era in passenger-
train coverage. — Brian SchmidtReviews
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umnist Kevin Keefe, who reflects
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tives: Design and Develop-
ment, 1880–
By William L. Withuhn. Indiana University
Press, Bloomington, Ind. 452 pages, $40.Deep in the diesel era, 2019 is high
time for a book that steps back
from the glassy-eyed volumes on
steam locomotives and truly puts
engines into context for their
times. The late Smithsonian trans-
portation curator, Bill Withuhn, left
us with a magnificent book that il-
luminates the American steam
story in a readable fashion that
will please those whose steam IQ
ranges from novice to expert and
in between. Withuhn, for example,
compares and contrasts the Union
Pacific Big Boy and the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Allegheny in an en-
gaging way. With some of steam’s
greatest stars active or about to
be, here’s a book that puts each in
its place and time. — Jim WrinnDelaware & Hudson Through
Passenger Service In Color
By Geoffrey H. Doughty. Morning Sun
Books, Avon-By-The-Sea, N.J.; (908) 806-- 128 pages. $69.95.
Fans are apt to lament what’s lost,
for rarely does anything return
from the dead in railroading. Yet,
the Delaware & Hudson twice op-
erated its Alco PAs on passenger
trains along Lake Champlain. The
text and ample captions convey
the story of D&H passenger ser-
vice, with an emphasis on those
PAs. Diesel- era coverage predom-
inates, but there’s some steam
too. Action photos focus largely
on the trains’ locomotives, but
separate sections dedicated to
heavyweight, streamlined, and
business cars, as well as station
views, help with balance. Dough-
ty’s ability as a historian brings to
life, once again, this sometimes
overlooked road. — B.S.PRR steam under
foreign wire
Coal smoke often dusted the catenary of the
Pennsylvania’s electric empire. But the M1a
4-8-2 in this 1948 scene, though under wire, is
600 miles from GG1 territory. It’s in Gary, Ind.,
picking up cars from the Chicago South Shore
& South Bend, and the wire belongs to
the interurban. John R. Crosby