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Golden Age of Railroading in America’s Heartland by James L. Warsher w/ DJ
Golden Age of Railroading in Americas Heartland by James L. Warsher
The Photography of Otto C. Perry
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
176 pages
Copyright 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PageLocationDateRailroad
Illinois
10MonicaJune 23, 1946Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
12OdinAugust 7, 1934Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
14OcoyaAugust 5, 1934Alton
16WaukeganJuly 31, 1934Chicago & North Western Railway
18GlencoeJune 22, 1946Chicago & North Western Railway
20MitchellJune 30, 1951Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
22Sugar GroveJuly 17, 1953Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
24AuroraAugust 6, 1937Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
26DeerfieldJune 22, 1946Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
28MokenaJune 21, 1946Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
3oMokenaJune 21, 1946Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
32MitchellJune 30, 1951Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
34MitchellJune 30, 1951Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
36MitchellJune 30, 1951Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
38MattoonAugust 15, 1933Illinois Central Railroad
40PaxtonJune 19, 1946Illinois Central Railroad
42EffinghamJune 29, 1951Illinois Central Railroad
44RadfordJune 18, 1946Illinois Central Railroad
46North CairoAugust 13, 1940Illinois Central Railroad
48LodaJune 19, 1946Illinois Central Railroad
5oEffinghamJune 29, 1951Illinois Central Railroad
52Mt. VernonAugust 15, 1940Louisville & Nashville Railroad
54OkawvilleAugust 16, 1940Louisville & Nashville Railroad
56CacheAugust 13, 1940Mobile & Ohio Rail Road
58CairoAugust 13, 1940Mobile & Ohio Rail Road
6oWindsorAugust 21, 1937New York Central System
62MitchellJune 30, 1951New York Central System
64AlhambraJune 29, 1951New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
66St. JacobJune 17, 1946Pennsylvania Railroad
68EffinghamJune 29, 1951Pennsylvania Railroad
70WindsorAugust 21, 1937Wabash Railway Company
72DecaturSeptember 19, 1930Wabash Railway Company
74DecaturSeptember 30, 1929Wabash Railway Company
76East St. LouisAugust 7, 1934Wabash Railway Company
78Blue MoundJune 18, 1946Wabash Railroad System
80Cerro GordoJune 19, 1946Wabash Railroad System
82MitchellJune 30, 1951Wabash Railroad System
Indiana
84IndianapolisSeptember 22, 1930Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
86SeymourOctober 1, 1929Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
88VincennesJune 29, 1950Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
90FrichtonJune 29, 1950Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
92VincennesJune 29, 1950Chicago & Eastern Illinois
94VincennesJune 29, 1950Chicago & Eastern Illinois
96IndianapolisNovember 4, 1929Illinois Central Railroad
98ElkhartSeptember 25, 1930New York Central System
100IndianapolisNovember 4, 1927Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
102GaryAugust 26, 1933New York Central System
104South BendNovember 24, 1954New York Central System
106Rolling PrairieNovember 24, 1954New York Central System
108South BendNovember 24, 1954New York Central System
110ValparaisoJune 22, 1946New York, Chicago & St. Louis
112Louisville, KyJune 28, 1950Pennsylvania Railroad
114FillmoreAugust 18, 1932Pennsylvania Railroad
116ValparaisoJune 20, 1946Pennsylvania Railroad
118BrazilJune 28, 1951Pennsylvania Railroad
120LiggettAugust 15, 1930Pennsylvania Railroad
122Terre HauteAugust 15, 1930Pennsylvania Railroad
124GibsonAugust 15, 1930Pennsylvania Railroad
Ohio
126LorainSeptember 26, 1930Baltimore & Ohio
128PainesvilleAugust 24, 1933Baltimore & Ohio
130CincinnatiAugust 8, 1933Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
132CincinnatiJuly 21, 1940Baltimore & Ohio
134ChillicotheAugust 16, 1933Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
136CincinnatiJuly 21, 1940Cincinnati Union Terminal Co.
138ToledoSeptember 26, 1930Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
140ClevelandSeptember 27, 1930Erie Railroad
142OntarioJuly 16, 1953Erie Railroad
144CincinnatiJuly 21, 1940Louisville & Nashville Railroad
146ToledoAugust 9, 1936New York Central System
148Olmstead FallsAugust 9, 1937New York Central System
150WellingtonAugust 8, 1937New York Central System
152ConneautAugust 24, 1933New York, Chicago & St. Louis
154ChillicotheAugust 16, 1933Norfolk & Western Railway
156WheelersburgJune 27, 1951Norfolk & Western Railway
158WheelersburgJune 28, 1950Norfolk & Western Railway
160CincinnatiAugust 16, 1933Pennsylvania Railroad
162CincinnatiJune 28, 195oPennsylvania Railroad
164CrestlineJuly 25, 1940Pennsylvania Railroad
166CincinnatiJuly 21, 1940Southern Railway
168CincinnatiJuly 21, 1940Southern Railway
170CincinnatiAugust 16, 1933Southern Railway
172ToledoAugust 8, 1937Wabash Railway Company
174South LorainSeptember 26, 1930Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION:The Golden Age of Railroading in America's Heartland The Photography of Otto C. Perry by James L. Warsher
Amateur photographer Otto C. Perry, a Denver, Colo., postman, was born in 1894 and died in 1970. His hobby was taking photographs of locomotives and trains. Perry's lifespan roughly corresponds to the Golden Age of Railroading; a time, at its zenith, when railroads played a significant part in the daily lives of almost everyone. For much of his life, Perry photographed the railroad in all of its wild and fascinating incarnations. His legacy of more than 20,000 negatives reposes in the Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library.
The photographs published here reflect the exuberance of the 192os, the disillusionment and despondency of the early 193os, as well as the renaissance of the late 193os and post World War II 194os. Partly owing to wartime restrictions on photography, there are no images in this book which were made in the years 1942 - 1945.
Perry was drawn from the mountains and open plains fastness of his Colorado home to America's heartland by the intense concentration and wild variety of railroading in mid-America. A healthy proportion of the pictures in this book are those which were taken of trains in open country or in small-town settings. This is simply because photographs taken in intensely industrialized settings tend to have a deadly sameness about them and it is the wonderful variety of railroading in America's heartland that Perry sought to capture.
Take the time to observe the relatively innoucous and unobtrusive way that the railroads weave their way through the landscape of mid-America and you will be rewarded with a lesson in how to move people and things in a beautiful country without having to destroy it.
Jim Warsher, whose railroad career spans 42 years, has combined his considerable literary talent with his knowledge of railroading to craft the words which bring each of Perry's photos to life. Having been published in Trains magazine as well as The Railway Magazine [UK], this is Warsher's first book.
This work chronicles arguably the best decades of Perry's works from a technological and subject perspective - the 1920s through the 1940s. Perrys lifespan roughly corresponds to the Golden Age of Railroading, at a time, at its zenith, when railroads played a significant part in the daily lives of almost everyone.
The beautiful photographs published here reflect the exuberance of the 1920s, the disillusionment and despondency of the early 1930s, as well as the renaissance of the late 1930s and post-World War II 1940s. Partly owing to wartime restrictions on photography, there are no images in this book which were made during the war years: 1942-1945.
A healthy proportion of the photos in this book are those which were taken of trains in open country or in small-town settings. This is simply because photos taken in intensely industrialized settings tend to have a deadly sameness about them and it is in the wonderful variety of railroading in Americas heartland Perry sought to capture.
Book is an examination of the photography of Otto Perry, an amateur photographer who was entranced by trains -- so much so that the Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library holds 20,000 Perry negatives.
42 year railroad veteran Jim Warsher uses his expertise to bring each of the 100+ Perry photographs included in this volume to life.
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