On Railways Far Away

Name: On Railways Far Away
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ISBN: 9780253005915

ISBN-10: 0253005914

ISBN-13: 9780253005915

Edition: 2012

Authors: William D. Middleton

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In this lavishly illustrated memoir, William D. Middleton invites readers to climb aboard and share with him 60 years of railroad tourism around the globe. Middleton's award-winning photography has recorded events such as the final days of American Civil War locomotives in Morocco and the start up of the world's first high-speed railway in Japan. He has photographed such great civil works as Scotland's Firth of Forth Bridge and the splendid railway station at Haydarpasa on the Asian side of the Bosporus, while closer to home he has been recognized for his "significant contribution to the photographic interpretation of North America's railroading history." On Railways Far Away presents over…

Book details

List price: $54.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 6/28/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 10.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English

William D. Middleton is the author of more than 20 books and many hundreds of articles on rail transportation, engineering, and travel topics. He is editor (with George M. Smerk and Roberta L. Diehl) of Encyclopedia of North American Railroads (IUP, 2007) and co-author of Frank Julian Sprague: Electrical Inventor and Engineer (IUP, 2009).