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Chasing trains: The lifetime story of the founder of the Colorado Railroad Museum

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I admit it, I collect books and am a railroad junkie, especially interested in the 1930s through 1950s. This book came as a surprise, given the Colorado photos on front and back covers, and the subtitle reference to Colorado Railroad Museum.
In fact, Chasing Trains covers much more than Colorado - many other parts of the US, Mexico and Central America, and Iran, all places where the author traveled starting in the 1920s (he was born in 1910) and ending in the mid 1990s.
He describes his addiction to railroads, traveling to and on all types. The writing is excellent (though photo captions often repeat material already in the text). The photos are excellent, and for the most part unique: his photos on his unique travels.
I also enjoyed his Colorado materials, mostly about narrow gauge, that comprise perhaps 1/3 of the book.
Want to take a train ride "in the good old days?" Try this book, along with Burt Blanton, 400,000 Miles by Rail, and William Middleton, "Yet There Isn't A Train I Wouldn't Take." For great photos but narratives not always strictly wedded to fact, Lucius Beebee also must be included.