Rails Around Southern Illinois on sale soon!
My latest book goes to the printer January 2, and presale will begin January 1. Stay tuned to this page for more info!
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Along this latest journey to producing another book, I’m discovering stories of people whose slide collections were lost or discarded after the photographer’s passing – their survivors were not told about the collections or what to do with them. So with that in mind, I am stating that I am actively seeking railroad slide/photograph collections,…
Cover for Rails Around Indiana!
After receiving over 330 images so far, we have found our best candidate for the cover of Rails Around Indiana. Nothing says Indiana as much as the Monon, and here Monon 518 leads a southbound past the Gosport depot in the late 60s. Photo by Tony Koester. Unless something else comes in that really blows…
Rails Around Indiana update
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…
“Rails” featured on “What’s Neat” podcast with Ken Patterson
Yours truly was a guest on “What’s Neat This Week” with Ken Patterson, a weekly model railroading podcast sponsored by Athearn and Bachmann. My appearance begins around the 7:25 mark. https://youtu.be/w4Q7cFFc048
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Frisco Steam Salute now available!
Don Wirth’s Frisco Steam Salute is now available for only $20 plus $10 USPS Priority Mail shipping: https://michaelckelly.net/?product=frisco-steam-salute This 128-page hardcover book contains over 100 black & white and color images of Frisco steam power in the 1930s and 1940s, expertly guided by Don Wirth, Chief Mechanical Officer for Frisco 4-8-2 #1522. The book also…