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Outbound Trains: In the Era Before Mergers (Masters of Railroad Photography) | 
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| Author: Jim Boyd
Publisher: Boston Mills Press
Category: Book
List Price: $49.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 600828
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 10.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 1550464035
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0973
EAN: 9781550464030
ASIN: 1550464035
Publication Date: August 6, 2005
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Product Description
From the early 1960s through the 1970s. Outbound Trains features distinguished photographer, writer and rail magazine editor Jim Boyd's best images, with emphasis on the colorful first-generation diesel railroads. A lively text and scores of incomparable photographs take the reader coast to coast with most major American railroads and provide a sampling of interesting short lines and restored steam or main-line steam. There are spectacular photographs of aging roundhouses, country stations, busy interlocking towers and the great stations of Chicago; pre-Amtrak passenger trains, from the Twentieth Century Limited and the Midnight Special to lowly locals, mail trains and branch-line doodlebugs; N&W Geeps and SDs in the West Virginia coalfields, the California Zephyr threading through the Feather River canyon, and slant-nose, stainless-steel-paneled Burlington E5s racing across the Illinois prairie; Pennsylvania GG1 electrics, Milwaukee Road boxcabs and Little Joes; and the historic steam of Southern Pacific Daylight and Union Pacific Challenger 3985, the world's largest operating steam locomotive. Outbound Trains is an absolute must for every railfan's bookshelf. (200512)
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Days of enjoyment June 29, 2008
Simply beautiful, well-composed photography... oh, and thoughtful captions. Quite the combination for this soon-to-be-classic album. If you recall these years before Amtrak with fondness, you will not be disappointed. Congrats, Mr. Boyd!
This man was THERE! September 21, 2007
Ok, I admit that I know Jim Boyd, but that doesn't mean I own all his books. His photography is always excellent but his subjects don't always match my interest. This book was different. In it he captures the time period when I first became interested in trains, so his images took be back in time. The book is well thought out and well arranged. It is a great way to spend some time in the past.
Wonderful train photos from a bygone America June 13, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
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I'm not a serious train fan, but I like to look at good photos of old trains.
I picked up this book on a whim, and next thing I knew, a couple of hours had passed. Every small boy loves trains, and every big boy remembers, and gets a little nostalgic when he sees a big, black loco on display in the city park....
This is a slice of bygone America, and it's very nice to be reminded of those days.
The railroads built America, and inspired a lot of good old songs and stories, which you'll remember, seeing these remarkable photos of the Santa Fe Super Chief, the Twentieth Century Limited, the Midnight Special, the City of New Orleans, the Rock Island Road....
Boyd is an inspired photographer, and an obsessive railfan. But the rest of us, who wouldn't know an F7 locomotive from a GP-9, can just relax and enjoy the ride. Highly recommended, for serious railfans, casual buffs and people (like me) who just like to look at train photos now and then.
Happy reading--
Peter D. Tillman
This book filled me up with pleausure March 6, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Everybody is happy about toy train catalogs and toy train layout pictures that just look like the real ones. Well, what about pictures of real trains that look like model trains?
This is what I thought when I started reading Jim Boyd's book Outbound Trains -In the era before the Mergers.
What a splendid book. Well written and FULL of some of the most beautiful train pictures I've ever seen. And it's not only the trains. Look at the cars, people's fashion, the landscape.It is difficult to believe America looked like this not long time ago.
If you want to rekindle your love for trains by all means buy this book.
A Must for Every Railfan! February 26, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Jim Boyd has brought back wonderful memories of the upper Midwest in 60's and early 70's. He covers more geography than that but that was my home then. No repetitive wedges, just well focused and printed photos that cover a lot of fallen flags. Great stuff!
A must have in every railfan's collection.
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