Of Dreams and Train Books
A video blog with background on the inspiration to be an author, and overcoming nay-sayers
https://youtu.be/5uN51rzfa68
A video blog with background on the inspiration to be an author, and overcoming nay-sayers
https://youtu.be/5uN51rzfa68
Ina is a small town on Rend Lake, just south of Mt. Vernon. A retired couple casts their lines as a Texas-bound Union Pacific train with all-MP blue on the point crosses the lake in April, 1985. At Benton, this train will head southwest for Gorham, where it will connect to the busy St. Louis-Texas…
I’ve created a Flickr account for both personal rail photos and the Rails Around series of books. Check it out here Rails Around Indiana is 1/2 sold through in 3.5 months. Don’t miss out on a great book! Order your signed copy here
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…
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This week the new office was set up @ Harbor View, and doing so gave me the opportunity to dig through old photos for an image I could blow up and frame for the wall. The result was a trip back into 1996-97, with images collected from print negatives of several trips to the former…
Rails Around Missouri is now sold out! After trains shows in St Louis and Springfield on consecutive weekends, Rails Around Missouri is now officially sold out. A re-run is being considered, but isn’t likely. Work will now begin on converting the book to PDF, e-reader, Kindle, and print on demand. Stay tuned for more…