Desert Railroading [Hardcover]

Steve Schmollinger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0911581502 | ISBN-13: 978-0911581508 | Edition: 1st

This deluxe, coffee table book is filled with a large variety of spectacular modern-day images of railroading in the desert, including a range of states and railroads, both large and small. With detailed historical commentary this book is a colourful tribute to past, present and future railroads that serve this region.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 172 pages
• Publisher: Heimburger House Pub Co; 1st edition (March 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0911581502
• ISBN-13: 978-0911581508
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 10.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,969,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning from the beginning., March 19, 2000

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Daniel M. Auslin (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Desert Railroading (Hardcover)

Mr. Schmollinger has done it again with a spectacular collection of photos from both himself and other well-known rail photographers. In addition to the unbelievable (and I'm not exaggerating) photos, this book contains an extensive amount of historical information regarding the original surveys conducted by the explorers who were among the first white men to see much of the territory that this volume covers. There is also sort of a running geology lesson which explains the what and why of the many incredible backdrops that the trains are placed against. The variety of weather conditions and the geographic uniqueness of the area covered is demonstrated through a number of stunning night shots, sunset, and glint shots as well as some whopping telephotos that all combine to give a refreshing look at areas that are over-covered in the fan magazines. Stunning and worth the price.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful pictures, but sometimes blown-up too far, June 18, 2000

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A.W. Hakstege - See all my reviews

This review is from: Desert Railroading (Hardcover)

This is the third book I bought with photo's from Steve Schmollinger. I think he is one of the greatest US train photographers. Unfortuanatly some photo's in his last book are made bigger then in previous books and (in my opinion) that did not made the book better. The disadvantage is that the grain is more visable (normally with such big photo's you take more distance, but in the book the distance to your eyes remains the same as for the smaller pictures) and the picture is cut by the gutter of the book. However this book is worth the money, because the pictures are very good. I hope that Steve will make more nice books in the future, but will use the layout as used in his first book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular, with a small caveat, April 6, 2000

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BobE (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Desert Railroading (Hardcover)

The only thing that would have improved this book would have been a commitment from the publisher not to run photos across the book's gutter. While two-page photos can be aligned so that the gutter cuts through nothing meaningful in the picture, a few times in this book the gutter cuts the lead locomotive in half.

Otherwise, the imagery is interesting, the text and captions are well-written and informative.