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
Rails Around Indiana is now in the final editing phase; screening for typos, punctuation, grammar, and of course historical accuracy. Of the 800 or so color images, 8 of them are black & whites that we have had colorized, as an experiment into this format. We are still waiting on 2 of the images to…
Time to hit the road to the Transcon, a place I hadn’t been in a while. In fact, I hadn’t been to Marceline since working my way from there to LaPlata in October 2013 while touring with Rails Around Missouri. First up, a ballast train @ Bucklin around 8am; Next, the first of many stack…
I am beyond thrilled to announce the next book I am publishing: “Frisco Steam Salute”! This book is written by renown Frisco steam authority Don Wirth, and features a classic black & white study of the steam power employed by the St Louis – San Francisco Railway in the 1930s & 40s. The book will…
A little late in posting, but here was our video update for January 2019.
https://michaelckelly.net/?page_id=1868
In 1979 the L&N still had 2 yards in Evansville: the former C&EI Wansford yard and the L&N Howell yard. On 2-17-79, L&N power idles at the steam-era engine facility inside Wansford yard. Photo by Scott Muskopf. Slides are rolling in, but we’re still searching for more. Areas needed are surprisingly the Indianapolis area, northeast…