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NARROW GAUGE COUNTRY 1870-1970

Ferrell, 2006, Heimburger House, 371p, HD.

Mallory Hope Ferrell, America’s best-loved narrow gauge author, who has 18 books to his credit, has been gathering superlative railway photos for the past 50 years. In this book, Ferrell writes about William Henry Jackson, Picture Maker of the West; about early Colorado cameramen and their struggles; the glory days of the Narrow Gauge; how photography came of age in the West; following the railfan era on the Narrow Gauge; and the Third and Fourth divisions of the Denver & Rio Grande. The book focuses on narrow gauge lines in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.

Short review in Trains magazine, New Products section, Dec.2006.

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