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Narrow Gauge Country 1870-1970 by Mallory Hope Ferrell w/ Dust Jacket
Narrow Gauge Country 1870-1970 by Mallory Hope Ferrell
Hard Cover w/Dust Jacket
371 Pages
Copyright 2006 REflection from the lights on some photos
1st Edition
Train Schedule
Dedication 5
Acknowledgements 6
Foreword8
Introduction 10
Chapter 1 William Henry Jackson
Picture Maker of the West12
Chapter 2 Early Colorado Cameramen 42
Chapter 3 Narrow Gauge Glory Days 90
Chapter 4 Photography Comes of Age 128
Chapter 5 Following the Masters
The Railfan Era 204
Chapter 6 Narrow Gauge Empire
Rio Grande's Third Division290
Chapter 7 Narrow Gauge Country
Rio Grande's Fourth Division328
Map of Narrow Gauge Country Endsheets
Inside Dust Jacket
Gone forever, except for old photographs, yellowing paper and fading memories, are the glory days of Colorado narrow gauges. Yet, it is still possible to capture smoke and steam in action today on some of these lines, recalling the great days of the narrow gauges.
It was a glorious period, captured in words by Rio Grande Engineer Cy Warman, Gil Lathrop and other former railroaders who knew their subject firsthand. However, the story would be incomplete without the work of many fine photographers who have documented these rail lines over the past ioo years.
In the i800s, cameramen like William Henry Jackson, Joseph Collier, George Mellen, Frank Dean, Harry Buckwalter and Charles Goodman were but a few of those who preserved the early visuaI story on bulky glass plates.
Add to these the pioneering work of L. C. McClure, railroad men Monte Ballough and C.R. Lively, and photographer Fred Jukes, and you have a good representation of those who further documented these lines with a sense of drama in the early 1900s, a period of wooden cars and iron men.
As faster shutters and better films came into vogue, Otto Perry, Richard H. Kindig, Richard B. Jackson, Henry R. Griffiths, Lucius Beebe and Robert W. Richardson captured the trackside action in brilliant fashion. Contemporary still photographers like William M. Moedinger, John W. Maxwell, Donald Duke, Cornelius W. Hauck and John Krause added to the treasury using cameras like the famed Series D Graflex and the 4x5 Speed Graphic.
Today, it is difficult to comprehend the vast amounts of energy, money and manpower that went into the construction of these twisting railways in the very heart of the Rocky Mountains. Fortunately, a few of these wonderful lines have continued to steam down through the years. Abandoned grades and artifacts provide memories of many others. The courage, determination and sheer "guts" of such undertakings are impressive and awe-inspiring, even after well over a century later.
This tome is a tribute to a talented group of pictorialists who for over a century captured the esthetics, beauty and drama in Narrow Gauge Country.
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