Magnetic North: Canadian Steam in Twilight
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (654 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1550463063 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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. About the AuthorRoger Cook's photographs have been featured in numerous books, including several written by Karl Zimmermann. His stories on trains and travel have also appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Toronto Globe and Mail, Railfan & Railroad, Locomotive & Railway Preservation, and Travel & Leisure. Karl Zimmermann is a frequent contributor to Trains magazine. His images appear regularly in such magazines as Trains, Railfan & Railroad, CTC Board, and Locomotive and Railway Preservation. Together they authored The Western Maryland Railway: Fireballs and Black Diamonds. He is the author of 12 previous books, including CZ: T
JOHN M. UHELSKI said CANADA , A LOOK BACK.. This book is a feast for the eyes, the text alone is well worth the purchase price. The addition of the authors and others photographs is a "time machine experience" for this reviewer, who grew up in Detroit, Michigan in the 1950's . Canada and the Detroit area was the Mecca for the last real steam bastion in this era and Mr, Zimmermann has risen to the chal. D. A. Livesey said Magnetic North: A story of steam. "Magnetic North" is an outstanding book! It has the excitement and suspense of a good novel. The poignancy is of the whole experience is so palpable. It is one of the finest chronicles of the last days of North American steam I have ever read. It now has a place on my shelf next to "The Mohawk That Refused To Abdicate.". First choice book on steam trains JIM This is a wonderfull book of the steam trains in eastern canada as I saw them in the 1950s. most books on the subject of steam trains show a world view foreign to my experience. Great pictures of this era and a wonderfull historic contribution.
Karl Zimmermann is a frequent contributor to Trains magazine. His images appear regularly in such magazines as Trains, Railfan & Railroad, CTC Board, and Locomotive and Railway Preservation. . Together they authored The Western Maryland Railway: Fireballs and Black Diamonds. His stories on trains and travel have also appeared in such publication
In carefully wrought essays and in photographs selected from among many hundreds made by the authors and other outstanding railway photographers, this book is a vision of classic steam railroading rendered with first-person immediacy. Exerpt from Magnetic North "With armstrong turntable, bucket coaling station, and two-stall enginehouse, La Malbaie reeked of small-time, steam-powered style; it was the epitome of old-fashioned railroading, still rich in humanity. Magnetic North is an inspiring chronicle of the brief, bright moment when steam locomotives ran their final miles in Eastern Canada, a time when the certainty of their demise made their presence all the sweeter. From the moment Karl Zimmermann and Roger Cook packed their bags in May of 1958 and boarded a sleeper for Montreal, they were hooked on Canadian steam. In a sense, Zimmermann and Cook have been collaborating on this book for 40 years. They arrived just in time to see and record the end of an era. It was labor-intensive to a fault, with stations sprouting train-order boards (and, inside, the operators or station agents to s