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Although steam engines were seldom used for everyday train
transportation by 1960, they live on in the minds of those
fortunate enough to have experienced them and in the many museums
and steam-powered excursions throughout the country. They are
especially active in the West, where master photographer Joel
Jensen has, for more than twenty-five years, documented these
well-restored and maintained veterans in their natural settings
doing what they used to hauling both passengers and freight and
delighting rail fans of all ages. This timeless collection takes us
back to the end of the nineteenth century and the first half of the
twentieth, with captivating images evoking the past. Essays by John
Gruber, the president of the Center for Railroad Photography, and
Scott Lothes, the project director for the center, help to put
these wonderful photographs in context."
From the late 1940s onward, Wallace W. Abbey masterfully combined
journalistic and artistic vision to transform everyday
transportation moments into magical photographs. Abbey, a
photographer, journalist, historian, and railroad industry
executive, helped people from many different backgrounds understand
and appreciate what was taken for granted: a world of locomotives,
passenger trains, big-city terminals, small-town depots, and
railroaders. During his lifetime he witnessed and photographed
sweeping changes in the railroading industry from the steam era to
the era of diesel locomotives and electronic communication. Wallace
W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography profiles the life and work
of this legendary photographer and showcases the transformation of
transportation and photography after World War II. Featuring more
than 175 exquisite photographs in an oversized format, Wallace W.
Abbey is an outstanding tribute to a gifted artist and the
railroads he loved.
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