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Freight Weather : The Art of Stalking Trains | 
 enlarge | Author: D. C. Jesse Burkhardt
Publisher: Rolling Dreams Pr
Category: Book
List Price: $45.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 432809
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 120
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0966104293
Dewey Decimal Number: 385
EAN: 9780966104295
ASIN: 0966104293
Publication Date: February 21, 2001
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Product Description
With FREIGHT WEATHER: THE ART OF STALKING TRAINS, photojournalist D. C. Jesse Burkhardt crosses into a new dimension in a continuing exploration of the "heart and soul" of North America's railroads. "Freight Weather," Burkhardt's third book, concludes an unanticipated trilogy that began with "Backwoods Railroads" in 1994, accelerated into fresh terrain with "Rolling Dreams" in 1997, and culminates with this volume. Over a seven-year span, Burkhardt's focus has shifted from primarily detailing the history and business operations of selected rail lines. Here, he offers a more literary and soulful vision of the essence of his attachment to the tracks and trains that reach across the land, completing the chain with writing and photography that celebrates trains as the ultimate form of overland travel. In five chapters, Burkhardt offers a photographic tour that begins in the Columbia River Gorge and stretches to the Upper Midwest, the West Coast, and Western Canada. He ends the book -- and finishes a series of narratives and essays about railroad wanderings -- in tiny Lind, Washington.
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Great photos, great writing, great trains September 4, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Freight Weather is the complete railroad book. You can enjoy it simply for the beautiful photos, or for the great writing, or for the details about trains. This is one of the few books that combines all three -- words, photos and info. I have looked at a lot of railroad books and I highly recommend this one. Well worth owning.
outstanding work April 25, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I now have all three of this author's books and this one is by far the finest of the trio. The photography is breathtaking and the anecdotes are quite interesting. I would highly recommend the book to anyone who likes trains or even anyone who just appreciates some of the fine scenery this country has to offer.
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