Confessions of a Train-Watcher: Four Decades of Railroad Writing by David P. Morgan [Hardcover]

George H. Drury (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1997

Remarkable stories of the people, the locomotives, passenger trains, train travel, and the railroad system from a legendary railroad observer and long-time editor of Trains magazine.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company; First Edition edition (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890243069
• ISBN-13: 978-0890243060
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,728,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Remembering the railroad fan's consummate writer, March 21, 2002

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Kevin T. Cunningham (Canton, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Confessions of a Train-Watcher: Four Decades of Railroad Writing by David P. Morgan (Hardcover)

David P. Morgan's editorship and molding of "Trains" Magazine have outlasted him, a true testament to a visionary. He took the founder's concept and gave it discipline, vitality and credibility.

This volume draws together the best of his writing. Whether he is describing a mundane ride on a now-forgotten train or the thrill of seeing a streamliner at speed, his prose is riveting. The photos, while not Mr. Morgan's, all complement each story and open windows on the past, proving that black-and-white pictures can have as much impact as the best in color.

Thankfully, Mr. Drury has memorialized Mr. Morgan and his stellar contributions in this work, so that future generations who are attracted to the rails, and to the magzine, can understand who made it possible. (Would that Mr. Morgan's successors at the magazine remember his contributions as beautifully as Mr. Drury has.)