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Rails Around Indiana update June 2019
We’re in the production phase!! All chapters are written and being proofed for grammatical and historical accuracy. The layout design of the book is now in progress! We’re still shooting for an early 2020 release, spring at the latest. Stay tuned! You can also follow us on Facebook/railsaroundindiana, Twitter @atsf101, @davcrisler
Returning to the 90s – Metro East
Setting up shop in the new Harbor View office led to digging through old negatives in search of a specific CNW shot. I found that, plus a few more that I found interesting if for nothing else than a look back at the way things were. First up, Southern Pacific AC4400 # 283 and C44-9W…
20 years ago this month – a visit to the ATSF
After posting the previous blog about my trip to Marceline Monday, I went to post the video on YouTube, where I rembered the first vidroom ever shot there. I had been chasing Frisco 1522 to Brookfield with Steve Anderson, and on the way back, we decided to stop in Marceline, since it was literally right…
New book announcement
With the success of the southern Illinois book, I am moving on to Northern Illinois in the same format. This book will cover all of the major railroads from the Iowa/Wisconsin borders down to the same I-70 dividing line used for the Southern Illinois book. Rail lines I aim to cover include: the Santa Fe,…
Once upon the Wabash, exactly 50 years ago
Back in 2007, Morning Sun Books published my first book, “Wabash in Color, Vol.2”. As I’ve noted elsewhere on my site, my dad’s father worked for the Wabash for 30 years, and my father interned there while in college. Taking train photos was my dad’s hobby, and of course, the Wabash was his favorite railroad….
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